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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?

The shawl on the loom
Closeup of the pattern on the loom.
A closeup of the Black Fire Shawl
A larger photo of the same shawl.
The reverse side of
The front side of
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