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Posted on 08. May, 2010 by Gail Yellen in Blog
Just wanted to tell you that my teal linen jacket with the “Un-Be-Weavable” woven ribbon technique is featured on page 85 of the latest Threads magazine (July 2010 number 149.) It’s very exciting!!! The linen was substantial enough to allow me to pull warp and weft threads without breaking, so it was the perfect opportunity to experiment with the technique. The ribbon is hand-dyed and I beaded it at random intervals as I wove. In an upcoming post, I’ll tell you what I learned about the “Un-Be-Weavable” technique and a few tips on how to plot your placement. In the meantime, here are a few more pics of the jacket.
Jacket Back
Here’s the intersection of the warp and weft channels on the front.
Here’s the beaded button close-up. Didn’t notice how much it looks like a troll face before this photo!
Here’s the “dangle” on the left front.
And here’s a sleeve detail.
P.S. More of my hand-dyed ribbon can be seen in Jennifer Hasemann’s (as always) terrific Embroidery Essentials article on Free-motion embellishment (pgs. 24 and 25.)