School of Weaving Kit – s02e02 Asymmetry

Description

It is so exciting to be putting your first sample together in a kit form for Season 2 Episode 2 – Colour and Design. Asymmetry will give you a great foundation. We are starting out at 18 EPI and 18 PPI. As you will see in the video I change it up once we get some of the basics.

Things you will learn:
* How beautiful asymmetrical graphics are
* Fibonacci used as an incremental unit of 10 ends
* Movement of weight across a canvas… dark to light
* Graduating colours
* The power of a Zinger
* Training our eye to see square
* How to change out a colour in the warp
* How to change our sett in relationship to changing our weft.

Level of Difficulty: Beginner
Weave structure: Plain weave
Material: 8/2 cotton

Loom requirements:
* Shafts: 4
* Reed: 12 dent
* Weaving width: 15 ½”
Each kit includes:
* Weaving instructions (including draft)
* 8/2 cotton-Bleached x 2
* 8/2 cotton-Light Grey
* 8/2 cotton- Dark Grey
* 8/2 cotton- Red
* 8/2 cotton- Black

P.S. I am including one sheet of Dr. Beckmann’s colour catcher in case your red wants to run away 🙂