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August 1, 2009 by Tien Chiu

advancing twill flowers

project_4

This was a very early piece – my fourth weaving project, in fact! – and is the “Advancing Twill Flowers” shawl published in an issue of Handwoven Magazine.  The only changes I made were to weave it up in 2/28 nm silk and 2/28 nm black cashmere, instead of sewing thread (which increased the width from scarf to shawl), and to shift the colors very slightly.

All the colors in this shawl are hand-dyed (by me).  I had a small apartment at the time, and didn’t have the space to store lots of colors, so I bought a lot of white yarn and dyed it to my needs.  I still dye all my own yarns, preferring the greater range of colors I can get by dyeing my own.

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Project on the loom
A closer look at the pattern

Very close view of pattern

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