My basket of un-knitted cashmere sweaters has grown to two baskets (15 sweaters). The basket of colored cashmere will come into play in later panels. I just received 6 more sweaters yet to be un-knitted. I see more cashmere weaving in my future.
I just figured out why these back and white ikats delight me so much. It's like clearing my visual palette between color courses in my weaving banquet.
As I may have already mentioned, I had launched into the Big Commission with just a single idea: to use all ikat dyed bamboo for the warp and un-knitted cashmere sweaters for the weft. The finished blanket will be 90" x 100".
A sub-theme: to juxtapose random ikat dyed sections and intentional sections.My current "plan" is to alternate four 8" panels with the three 20" panels.
The 8" panels will feature the colored cashmere.
Another sub-theme: to design the blanket without pen and paper, guided by intuition alone.
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