Update on two projects:
I am ready to warp the loom shown in "Knotting a Carpet" (2/17/12) and "3 Projects, 3 Palettes" (3/1/12). The knotted pile rug will be small -- about 100 warp threads (most likely less than 18 inches wide). For images, I have graphed two designs from tribal rugs I own. Such close examination brings enormous respect for the ladies who wove these rugs. My tiny rug will show only one or two inches-worth of the massive amount of graphical imagery in their several-foot-wide creations!
There is also a complete design concept for another 3-foot knitted blanket. Five squares are already done in "mosaic" knitting, which generates repeating patterns. I will knit the last four squares as fragments of large circles, to contrast with the patterned squares. (See posts of 3/27/12 and 4/5/12.) The knitting technique for drawing a large, singular image is called "intarsia."
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| Left-hand figure was graphed from a 3" section of a tribal rug woven in knotted pile |
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| Blanket design -- center block will be mosaic square (on right). Adjacent blocks will use intarsia circles |
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| Graph with compressed aspect ratio, circular template (on right), and partially knit block |
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