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2/1 Diamond Twill Hood

Submitted by Jahanara on Sat, 07/31/2021 - 07:38

A man with a beard wearing a hood with a v hemline the hood is made of handwoven point twill in grey and blue

11th Century Scandinavian Hood
Handwoven Fabric for 11th C Scandinavian Hoods
By: Jahanarabanu Vivana (EM Jones)
Materials
Wool-
o JC Rennie Shetland 11/2 S-spun

Colours: Blue and Grey- this blue can be achieved using indigo (Regia Colour

Point Twill Shawl

Submitted by Jahanara on Sat, 07/31/2021 - 07:36

Point Twill Shawl

Me wearing a green shawl which is woven cloth with a grey warp and a green weft.

Width:
32inches
Length:
90inches
Notes:

Taquete thank you gift bags

Submitted by Jahanara on Sat, 07/31/2021 - 12:41

Taquete thank you gift bags

A weft faced woven small bag with a checkered pattern in light and dark purple.

Warp Yarn:
Organic Cotton
Sett:
8epi
Weft yarn:
2/11 wool
Width:
9inches
Length:
6
Width on Loom:
10 inches
Length:
6inches
Extant Textile Inspiration:
Akhim green taquete
Notes:

Taquete Sample 1

Submitted by Jahanara on Sat, 07/31/2021 - 07:50

Taquete Sample 1

A cloth with a yellow background from bottom to top teal fretts, purple ivyu, blue waves, and green leaves motifs.

These are my first taquete samples. These samples were woven on my drawloom as part of an experiment to see how weaving taquete would work on a drawloom. There is much debate as to whether there sumptous fabrics were woven on the drawloom or using heddle rods.

Houndstooth Bag

Submitted by Jahanara on Sat, 07/31/2021 - 07:55

Houndstooth Bag

A hounds tooth cloth on the loom in yellow and blue

Length:
36inches
Notes:

Linen Blanket

Submitted by Jahanara on Sat, 07/31/2021 - 07:43

Linen Blanket

a blanket with stripes of dark teal, light teach, and purple in both warp and weft

Width: 32inches
Length: 36
Notes:
This was woven in 2010 for Baroness Suibhan's first daughter. They have gotten much use of it. :)

This blanket is linen woven in twill, though now I know that nearly all linen finds from the Middle Ages were woven in plain weave.

Damask Samples

Submitted by Jahanara on Sat, 07/31/2021 - 07:48

Damask Samples

A grey cotton warp with a tree and dots motif, motif is in grey and backgrounds are purple then red.

These are the first samples I have produced on my drawloom. It took me ages to get my drawloom set up, but now that it is ready to go I'm cruising along and having a lot of fun! Here are my samples so far. I will come back and write more about each one soon!