black fire

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?

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.

A closeup of the pattern on the loom.

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.

The reverse side of "Black Fire". Notice how this is slightly weft-dominant, making for a darker shawl.

The front side of Black Fire. The warp is slightly dominant on this side, giving more intense colors.