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August 28, 2009 by Tien Chiu

tiger eye

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This piece was one of my very early pieces – I wove it on my first loom, an 8-shaft Baby Wolf.  It was my first attempt at designing my own patterns, and I’m still very proud of it.  I took the “Heart Throb Scarf” pattern from Twill Thrills: The Best of Weaver’s and modified it ruthlessly until I had a pattern I liked.  I cut off the top part of the heart, reflected the bottom half of the heart to produced a “slit pupil” effect, then tinkered with the pattern beneath the heart until I had a rounded cat’s eye.  I then hand-dyed the silk warp in two subtly different shades of orange (to add visual interest), and the cashmere weft in solid black.

The beads are by Gayle Herring, lampworked glass.

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The tiger eye pattern The tiger eye pattern, as simulated by weaving software.
The sample I wove for the tiger eye shawl. The sample I wove before tackling the full shawl. It shows off the two different shades of orange quite nicely.

A closeup of the tiger eye pattern, showing off the beads. A closeup of the tiger eye pattern, showing off the beads.
The entire tiger-eye shawl. The complete tiger eye shawl.

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