Looking back at Weave

I'm coming up to the second half of my knit block now and have found it tremendously difficult to get my head around the knit machine and the techniques. Weave seems like a distant dream away. Looking back at weave I found the techniques and processes much easier to understand and was able to think creatively quite early on. I enjoyed the different effects each loom gave you despite following the same pattern. I realizes that  if you distract the physicality of the loom and see it simply as a machine that enables you to work with 8 threads at a time the weave processes doesn't seem quite so daunting.

 I experimented a lot within my triangle motif, an idea taken from one of my earlier drawings, and used each of the looms to create slightly different types of triangle shapes. I also experimented with different yarns and materials that could sit on the warp such as paper, net, wool and strips of my own silk prints. I enjoyed the experimental element of weave best, however I think I would find it difficult to create a repeated, considered fabric sample. I found that I often got bored when doing the same technique and found it difficult to sustain my concentration on that one pattern. Despite this, the two weeks taught me a completely new textile process that I had never done before and it is a process I feel I have learnt and experimented in, developing my colour schemes and designs even further.