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August 18, 2009 by Tien Chiu

black fire

shawl

This shawl is closely related to “Liquid Fire“, except with a black weft instead of a changing-color weft.  It was inspired by an article by Flavian  Geis in Weaver’s magazine, which depicted a cocoon jacket.  My attempt at weaving the jacket was unsuccessful, but I had enough warp left over to weave a couple of shawls.  The first one I did in a black weft, and this is “Black Fire”.  It looks a little like tiger stripes, no?

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The shawl on the loom The shawl on the loom, showing the warp color progression nicely. The paper tape on the right is to track how much I've woven.
Closeup of the pattern on the loom. A closeup of the pattern on the loom.

A closeup of the Black Fire Shawl A closeup, that shows the pattern clearly. It's an advancing twill, published by Flavian Geis in Weaver's Magazine.
A larger photo of the same shawl. A larger photo of the same shawl.

The reverse side of The reverse side of "Black Fire". Notice how this is slightly weft-dominant, making for a darker shawl.
The front side of The front side of Black Fire. The warp is slightly dominant on this side, giving more intense colors.

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