P2P2 - In Progress

I made several yarn wraps yesterday and have decided on making a warp similar to the wrapping below.  I may reduce the width of the turquoise to get the proportion a little better.

Bullfrog with yarn wraping

This section is my focus as the whole image has such a lot of green.

My initial thought was to weave a double cloth but I have changed my mind.  My multi-shaft loom is occupied with another warp so I have decided to scale down to just eight shafts. 

This seems to be the best draft so far. I am trying to imitate the shape of the pond weed.  I am not sure if I am quite there yet!

Pics to Picks 2 - Yarn choices

Normally the next stage in my design process would be to transfer my ideas to my sketchbook but as I am short of time for this project I have decided to choose yarns directly from the photograph.  These cotton  yarns are from Handweavers Studio .

 There are many greens in the photograph. To make things easier I have limited my choice to four. I have selected a turquoise, cream, two golds,and a dark brown to represent the eye area and a blue, slate and plum colour to represent the water.

P2P2 - Making decisions

Okay, so I have decided on the Bullfrog and have selected a portion of the picture to work on.  My main reason was to cut down on the green and also to concentrate on the frog's beady eye.

I then loaded the resulting crop into Photoshop and played with a few colour swatches.

I think I prefer the first swatch although the gold stripe doesn't look so definite in the swatch as it does in the picture.  The bull frog's eye is very dark. I will need a black or maybe a very dark brown yarn for that.  I have ordered some 2/16  cottons from Handweaver's Studio in London and my next stage is to make some yarn wraps.

A New Blog - Welcome - P2P2

Hello and welcome to my blog.  I have considered blogging for a while now and have finally decided to take the plunge. Please bear with me as I get to grips with blogging!


At present I am taking part in the Pics 2 Picks  weaving challenge organised by Meg who lives in New Zealand. Nineteen weavers around the world are taking part in the challenge. Each participant has to send six images or photos to a fellow participant to inspire them. From these images we produce a woven design. How far we take the challenge is left to our own choice.


I have sent six images to Shirley in Australia, she in turn has sent her images to Cindy in the American Mid-West. Cindy sent me six wonderful photographs taken by her friend Derrald-Farnsworth-Livingston


All the images inspire me in different ways.  It is so difficult to select just one to work from.

Here they are;

This picture of a bullfrog is my favourite image at the moment. Words that come to my mind are; wet, green, sinister, glinting gold, purples, weed, shiny, vivid.  I am thinking fine silks or cottons. Perhaps even a double weave as the frog appears and disappears from the surface.

This image is so rich and I love how the water drops magnify the veins. Autumn obviously springs to mind as does decay, time passing, richness and seasons.

There is so much more than a sunset to this picture.  Look at the land, reflections, textures and the isolation. I think this is my second favourite so far.

This swan is so fluffy and soft. The feathers almost look lime green behind it's beak.  I also like how the light shimmers through the feathers. I'm not sure how I would translate this into a weaving though.

This image is full of textures, shapes, darks and lights. I am not so keen on this picture though as I don't find browns very interesting.

Another watery image.  I love how the colour graduates from a bright yellow/orange through to pinks purples and rich blue/blacks.

My next task is to work with these images to see which appeals to me most and which I think will make the most interesting woven design. I will report my findings in my next post.