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Lifetime band #39, going back in time a little, I was weaving this back in April/May 2021 but I had EXTREME tension problems. Finally I put it away in disgust to solve later. It's Later: January 2022. I can face this again. #KeepWeaving #StudentWeaver alt-txt: patterned band with yellow and red alternating figures that curl in S and Z shapes with mirrored and flipped alternating figures. Outside edges in wide stripes of burgundy, light and dark blue, and green. Left pic labeled "April 2021 Set aside" and right pic labeled "Starting again January 2022" https://www.instagram.com/p/CZWD957rF6e/?utm_medium=tumblr

Lifetime band #49: Wactapunakuy ch'uru - Shells back to back. 3-pairs, four selvedges. #StudentWeaver #KeepLearning #KeepWeaving #AndeanBackstrap #MemorizedPatterns alt-txt: collage two pics: left, band is folded in three parts to show full length; right, band up close, wrapped down my fingers. Center pattern in alternating dark and light blue, interlocking center boxes with tails top and bottom on a diagonal, outside dark red and bright red stripes https://www.instagram.com/cayswann/p/CZRFxHMrdis/?utm_medium=tumblr

Wactapunakuy ch'uru - Shells back to back. I think this one weaves even easier and faster than last night's variation on three-pairs. #KeepWeaving #KeepLearning #StudentWeaver #AndeanBackstrap #MemorizedPatterns alt-txt: narrow band in light and dark blue patterns framed in maroon and bright red selvedge stripes. Patterns repeat a center O or box with diagonal tails from both top and bottom, alternating dark and light blues. https://www.instagram.com/p/CZLzuIZrHNv/?utm_medium=tumblr

Lifetime band #48: Three-pairs Sikipunakuy-ch'uru (aka siki-siki) also four-selvedge (2nd ever), commercial cone wool 2-ply with added twist (not handspun), red and white "shells one behind the other" with olive green listas and mint "kids these days" border edge lista and weft (mini). Honestly? These are my "Christmas peppermint butts" 🤣🍬🧑‍🎄 #StudentWeaver #KeepLearning #KeepWeavung #MemorizedPatterns #AndeanBackstrap https://www.instagram.com/p/CZJICtZr80d/?utm_medium=tumblr

It's been a long time since I just sat down to weave something simple like this three-pairs Sikipunakuy-ch'uru, Shells one behind the other, also aka siki-siki (butts) 🤣 #NeverForgetTheFunny #KeepWeaving #StudentWeaver alt-txt: Narrow woven band with alternating red and white figures of Os with diagonal tails, butted up against each other (in dark green borders). Tucked into the unwoven threads is a bundle of light green weft, and two wooden sticks and a pile of yellow acrylic yarn sit off to the left https://www.instagram.com/p/CZBgblEL8bb/?utm_medium=tumblr

There's a weaving class starting in February, so I took some time to see what was in my stash and warped. I fixed three beginner bands for February then found this awesome handspun in my special stash, warped and ready. Tension was a challenge, but it's ready to weave now. #KeepWeaving #KeepLearning #StudentWeaver alt-txt: a woven strap under tension shows 6 horizontal stripes at the bottom of the image, alternating darker threads and lighter threads, and long stripes vertically of unwoven warp. Outside stripes are dark brown and then orange, center threads are white with a yellow center stripe. In the short woven stripes, pink and black threads appear in the center. A single wooden flat stick holds layers of vertical warp threads apart, and the beginning is secured to a yellow yarn tied around my waist, clearly under tension (in front of a green shirt visible) (also visible in the background, a fuzzy lap blanket in my lap, the edge of a small wooden table behind the warp threads, and a second wooden stick tied to the table) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYbpZWiF-3v/?utm_medium=tumblr

FINALLY cracked the floral design for ley pallay (supplemental warp) technique, here on 11-pairs. Now to weave it over and over again, on both sides (left and right). #LeyPallay #SupplementalWarp #AndeanBackstrap #KeepLearning #StudentWeaver all-txt: collage labeled front (left) and back (right). Half a flower motif emerging from the selvedge is built from four diamond shapes as flower petals. The front shows purple diamond petals on grey, the back elements are reversed (grey where the front is purple). https://www.instagram.com/p/CUbjgSqlwcH/?utm_medium=tumblr

What I am currently studying: Two bags I own, which means I can count threads, move them around, making conclusions based on the textile, and one book which these pictures I am studying. Some of what I see, I can now weave. Some? COMPLETELY STUMPING ME, and there's even something odd about the larger bag I own, where when I expect two threads, I only see one. And who does that?!?! #LeyPallay #KeepLearning #StudentWeaver #AndeanBackstrap alt-txt: collage of three pictures. Left column, a diamond motif in black on cream with center pattern threads in orange and green. Each diamond has a center flower motif made of diamond shaped petals. Right top: two bands in a book. Top burgundy on grey with black dots, diagonals similar to the large diamond on left, and half floral motifs from the selvedges. Bottom right: black on cream with black dots, arrow Vs and diamonds making also a simple snowflake motif. https://www.instagram.com/p/CUPsZxMFZJe/?utm_medium=tumblr