Shawl
Shawl
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| Warp yarn: | cotton, linen, viscose |
| Weft yarn: | handspun cotton, crochet cotton |
| Sett: | EPI (ends per inch) |
Project status : Finished
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Comments
Wow! That is fabulous!
Lovely! More details pleeeease!
Laverne,
I´ve woven this brocaded shawl three years ago. The warp was bought in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It´s a mix of linen, viscose, and cotton or silk. The graphics were taken from Techniques of Guatemalan Weaving by Lena Bjerregaard, pages 45 (Kot, two-headed eagle) and 46 (birds). The selvage to selvage pattern was taken from a newsletter by Nellie Sargent Johnson (February 1945) that I´ve found in the Internet. If you don´t have it. Please, let me know. I can send it to your e-mail.
Cheers
Helena
A really fabulous piece!! Did you spin the cotton? Would it be possible to see a picture of the back? Thanks for the references too.
Bonnie.
Lovely brocade! I would love to see pics of the whole shawl.
Hi Bonnie,
I haven´t spinned the cotton. I´ve bought it from a community of low income weavers based in Unaí, a city in the center region of Brazil. I can´t show you the back because I gave this shawl to a friend of mine who lives abroad. The shawl has the same pattern on both extremities.
Helena