James Doohan, who played"Scotty" in Star Trek, was the grandson of a Scottish weaver. It is said that he suggested "Warp Speed" for the extremely high speeds reached by the Starship Enterprise, as a reference to the flying shuttles he had watched in his childhood. I was pondering on my October Two-By-Two patches, and realised I'd done a fair bit of mending and fixing for friends and family recently. So I thought I would decorate this months patches with darns.
I dug out my Speedweve darner. I picked some Autumnal colours, and used some white Aida even weave cloth to keep things neater. Here are my two patches
In the way these things turn out, Kirsten sent me a link [after I had begun working on the idea] to the website of Jessie Mordine Young, who had an exhibition of her 'woven year' based on a collection of daily pieces created on a small loom.
By the way 'Speedweve' is a bit of misnomer. This one took ages - and these are patches #3 and #4, as the first two just weren't up to snuff!
I did weaving at art college and really enjoyed it, in fact I went on to buy my own second hand table loom. Sadly when we downsized with our second house I had to let it go. I do love your little patches though, the colours are just superb.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Downsizing is difficult. I occasionally wish I'd been able to keep my knitting machine. Then remember that in 7 years in Dorset, I never used it!
DeleteYou have made two lovely autumnal patches and also have shamed me into finding my Speedweve darker that I bought after seeing yours. That will be a good exercise for my brain-learning to do the darning but first I need to find it-oops! Catriona
ReplyDeleteI have mislaid the LinoCut kit I bought after doing a workshop, the year before the pandemic. I must seek it out and get inked up!
DeleteYou’ve created a lovely tartan! Charmaine
ReplyDeleteI hadn't thought of it as a tartan. It would make a very bright kilt!
DeleteFor a minute there I thought you had made some trendy greetings cards - you still could!
ReplyDeleteLovely little woven squares
Alison in Devon x
They would make attractive cards...
DeleteThose patches are gorgeous! I can imagine a whole garment or blanket in that design, but you would need a larger loom and a lot more time to make enough fabric!
ReplyDeleteAnd so much wool....
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