Showing posts with label Hantverk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hantverk. Show all posts

Feb 2, 2016

Square Variations

As a new weaver at the Weaving cottage in Lövstabruk-Uppland do I try to learn it all.

There was a loom with a cotton warp of a really booring light murky purple/pink colour, a little bit 80's, tht no-one wanted to use.
They let me loose on that one and I used a lot of left over yarn of cotton and linen to create a few variations of the square pattern.

In the first variation did I follow the given pattern and used double linen threads of the same colour as the warp to get a damast effect!
The second variation, here I used cotton yarn in light and dark blue, and did a variation on the original pattern,
Third variation. Here I let go of the pattern and let the lenght of the double mix linen yarn in many pink variations decide when to shift the pattern.
In the fourth variation did I the same random weave as in the third, but with cotton and stronger colours.
In the final fifth version did I use green and purple linen, also in a random order, This will be a curtain for the opening to my studio.

Just taken out of another loom is my version of a old pattern where I picked my favorite parts and repeated them in blue and grey into a table cloth to match my favorite ceramics from the artist Susanne Thurfjell that also live here in Lövstabruk
Thank You all for this time, see You again, Per!


Oct 7, 2015

Enjoying Tierps Gammelgårds wooden buildings while waiting

Today I had a meeting in Tierp, Norduppland. I had an hour over and the weather was fantastic. I took the short walk to Gammelgården (Old farm), a festivity place for the the county, where Midsummers and National days are celebrated.
The area have a beautiful collection of wooden buildings from the county, some several hundreds year old. I love to look at wooden buildings, you often see the tracks of handcraft and that makes my fantasies going.
Who made them, often from their own forest to planks to buildings they probably where very proud off. I especially like when You really can see the remains from a ax, knife or a hammer in the wood, or the ironworks.
Here are my photos from the area, Enjoy!
Hope You enjoyed them!
On the way to my meeting did I pass another favorite, a building that always showing off autimn colours the best way possible:

Take Care and enjoy your day, Per!