![]() I decided to use matelassé as the structure because it sounded interesting to me: two layers of cloth stitched together in a design, with a stuffer weft between the layers to allow the design to pop out. ![]() (Think of it as “paint by numbers,” except with weave structures.) So choosing different colors for each of the horses allowed me to make each horse, and each background, a different weave structure. My jacquard design software (Arahweave) translates color into weave structure – all pixels of a given color are replaced with the weave structure assigned to that color. So I set up my jacquard image file, like so: horses image, set up for jacquard ![]() So I started with this horse design, a piece of clipart from Dover’s Chinese Cut-Paper Designs:īecause the warp is fairly wide, I decided to repeat the horse three times across the width of the warp, weaving three different variations. After a very long hiatus, I am finally back to weaving! I’ve decided to start with some basic designs, to help me learn the software and understand jacquard design.
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