Mon 16^th Jan – Thurs 19^th Jan, 2017

       During the next step of the warp process (transferring the yarn through the reed) I was able to find where I had added in four extra ends. To fix the problem would have been a very big job so since it wasn’t too obvious I decided to leave the extra ends in. If I find that they really bother me or look too obvious then I will take them out. Finally I was able to finish putting my warp onto the loom so could start weaving.

                I chose to start weaving without much of a plan other than colour proportions because I wanted to see what I would naturally create and what might end up being a really nice weave. For the colour proportions I have been working with paper weaving and getting inspiration from my warp wraps/ drawings. So far I have found that this is working quite well and have made some weaves that I think represent my sketchbook work well.

                 However, I was hoping to become a bit more experimental with the yarns I use. I was struggling for what to do since I am going with quite a flat theme so can’t do anything too textured. After having a discussion with Amanda she suggested that I come back to my ‘Ordered Opposites’ of ‘Repetition:Singular’ and add in singular, unusual yarns/ends to make my weaves a bit more interesting and experimental. I am hoping to start working with this process next week.