Advancing twill

I've always been intrigued by the fractal quality of advancing twills. So at last I decided to weave one to make a backrest cushion for our iron bedstead.  Inspired by weaver woman's Caribbean Beach I designed a warp then wove two 1.50m lengths of fabric, one with a black weft the other with a white weft - both in 8/2 cotton at 25epi. 

Difficult to spot threading errors with these fine constantly changing patterns.  In fact I had one through the entire white weft weave and only when I changed to black and the pattern was clearer did I discover it.

 

Warping wheel in action!

First time using the new handbuilt warping wheel. Maybe a little slower than bobbins and tension box for a warp with many colour changes, but much less fiddly, more sure and less stressful. Also much less waste! I had to make a couple of changes to the wheel, I realised the arm holding the raddle for winding on was on the wrong side of the wheel (it would have had to rotate the wrong way) and I moved the holder to align better with the warp on the wheel.

This next project will be an extended advancing twill on 8 shafts in 8/2 cotton with a set of 25epi - it'll make a bedhead cushion, a scarf and maybe something small.