Changing Directions

I don't know if others are like me and change ideas on the pattern as they go along weaving.  Nothing is ever set until I'm at least 1/4 way through because I just might pull it all out, part of it, or add to it.  I guess it's my artistic bent that comes through as I'm weaving that tells me it will look better if I just alter it a bit.  I'm usually right, too.

Right now I'm making a Xmas table runner on a piece of burgundy monk's cloth.  My plan was to start the pattern with a metallic green and then add in a metallic white but it didn't look quite right so I took the white out.  I did some shopping looking for a different shade of green that would look nice as a contrast but couldn't find what I had in mind.  I did find a metallic black that I took a chance on and it's perfect...in my eyes, anyway.  Where the original idea was for the runner to look Xmasy, it now looks quite elegant as it's being worked up.

Part of my fun in Swedish weaving has always been in altering an existing pattern and making it unique.  I've said that I don't have the talent to create my own designs from scratch although I have done a few I'm happy with.  I'm content with more or less following the beautiful patterns that the true artists have created and maybe nudging them a bit.

I'm not sure I'll have this latest runner finished before I leave for my family reunion on Thursday but I do plan to take some work with me just in case I have a quiet moment or two to do some weaving.  It's my pastime and my peaceful time.  

2 More Table Runners

I really should iron these runners before taking the photos but I get too impatient.  I will iron them when I attach the iron-on labels.

The first one I'm going to keep for myself so I did a bit more work on it than I usually do.  It's Jeanne Tams "Garden Path" done with Caron's Simply Soft yarn in bone on white monk's cloth.  The lattice is something I worked out on my own.  I love the shade of this yarn and refer to it as golden beige because that's what it looks like to me.  I think it looks very elegant on the white fabric but I plan to try it on the ecru at some time, too.

The second one is Jeanne Tams "Hither and Thither" using Caron's Simply Soft yarns in "persimmon" and "sunshine" on white monk's cloth.  Try as I could, I wasn't able to get decent pictures showing the lovely colors here.  It's much more colorful than the photo shows.

Both of these patterns were fairly easy to do but the "Garden Path" was my favorite.  It's going on my diningroom table just as soon as I do the ironing!