Let Your Loom Fly
The saga of making an art piece for a show.

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The Association of Northwest Weavers Guilds (ANWG) will be held in Victoria at the end of June. I decided to use their logo to design a small transparent wall hanging.
On the left is the logo, enlarged, then tipped sideways in several sizes to make a kite. "Thinking" and design mostly happened in January.
(05:02:2017)

Some words added to the design and yarn taped on using the conference colours.
(05:02:2017)
Actual weaving began early in February - the item is woven upside down with the tails of the inlay yarns on top so you can see what you are doing. There is a cartoon with the pattern underneath.
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Off the loom - you can see that I started twice - I was going to use a variegated ribbon for the words and quickly realized the letters were not legible.
At this point the ends had been darned in at the back of the largest logo, but I was not happy with the bumpy logos and the hard to read words.
(01:03:2017)
So it was back to the loom and do it over! This time the letters were just outlined on the loom, to be filled in later with embroidery.
(05:03:2017)

All the ends sewn in, letters filled in , "kite strings" added. But I didn't like it! The letters were lumpy and still hard to read, the kite strings too dark, the selvedges wiggly.
(14:03:2017)
By then I was out of warp, so a new warp was wound and put on the loom, and the design was tweaked - larger kite, no words at all.
Weaving for the third time is almost finished.
(23:03:2017)

A comparison of version three with the previous one. I think this one is a keeper.
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All of the ends have been neatly sewn into the back.
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Light coloured kite strings have been added.
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It needs a "frame" for hanging. Allan cut four strips of oak - two with grooves to allow for the thickness of the cloth. Glue is being spread and another strip with no groove will be laid on top, sandwiching the cloth in the middle.
(09:04:2017)

Lots of weight added while the glue dried.
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The finished piece. It's time to type up the entry form!
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