I have reorganised my weaving room and book shelves. I thought that I would start to prune my weaving stock. Two shelves are filled with the course work that I did for my BTEC in Art and Design (Handloom Textile Design ) in 2001.
I looked at the first set and realised that here was a resource I had forgotten about.
Here is one display board
These boards were part of my first project based around architecture in Bradford. We had to sketch buildings as a basis for designing cloth for various purposes.
I made a folder of my sketches and designs for various types of cloth.
The old Prudential buildings is a wonderful source of pattern and texture.
Here is a second carpet sample
This sample could be used on a room divider screen.
This is a sample of decorative twill.
I had not examined these files for some time and I found that there were some interesting textured samples.
I had been intending to throw away all this material but the samples and records of the weaves is invaluable. Here is a group of five sample weaves from the collection. I am amazed at how much work I completed for this course.
In fact I chose one pattern to weave some placements. This sample is in 6/2 cotton with a weft of 3/2 cotton. It has a pleasing texture and I think would be thick enough for placemats. It is woven on 8 shafts in two blocks.
Here is a close up showing the vertical twill structure.
The ridged effect is created by the two vertical rows of plain weave which separate the two blocks vertical 4/1 twill. I have coloured some of the plain weave on the drawdown to show the dividing lines between the blocks of vertical twill.
I will post a picture of the weaving of these mats in due course. They will be woven in blue cotton with a white plain weave dividing strip.
Susan J Foulkes April 2022
