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July 14, 2011 by Tien Chiu

Busy bee

While I have not been weaving, I have been busy the last few days with pattern drafting!  I discovered a few days ago that I had been drafting off the wrong sloper, so I redrafted the torso foundation and jacket foundation, and added a coat foundation to the mix!  (Yes, I am still thinking about completing my cashmere coat.)  I then transferred all the foundations to manila pattern paper (aka oak tag, a very heavy paper about the weight of posterboard,  useful for designs that will be reused).  Then I redrafted the jacket pattern, and am in the process of drafting the coat pattern.  I am currently debating the size and style of lapels that I want – previously I had been meekly using what the pattern drafting software suggested, but now, the sky’s the limit!

Here’s a not-very-good photo of the jacket pattern:

drafted pattern for the jacket
drafted pattern for the jacket

This evening I’ll draft the coat pattern (it’s mostly a question of collar and lapels), and then I’ll sew some more muslins, before going to see Sharon on Saturday.

I also plan to finish weaving off the sample warp.  It’s coming out beautifully, except I’m having a LOT of breakage of warp threads on the left side.  I finally gave up and just pulled out the broken warp threads, so I’ve lost nearly an inch of width.  I wouldn’t do that if this weren’t a sample, but it’s saving me from pulling my hair out.  I haven’t been able to figure out the cause, but it’s driving me crazy!

Next on the loom will be some samples for my next article in Handwoven, then I can start winding my (gulp!) 37-yard warp for this next series of garments!

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