It's been a minute
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by Tracy Bromwich
3y ago
The Story It’s fitting that the title of the most recent post was Sea Change and dated Jan 20, 2018. There have been some changes around here! Most notably, a couple weeks after that post I accepted a full-time position with the Planning Department of a neighboring city. Needless to say, this has had an impact on my weaving schedule! Nevertheless, things advance. My loom has proven a patient ally as I navigate the limits of my time, energy and attention. It’s a struggle most readers of this blog would be familiar with - the need to meet your commitments, shower your family with love, and find ..read more
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Sea Change
Wonder Woven LLC
by Tracy Bromwich
3y ago
THE CONCEPT For the Great Competition of Weavers - January 2018 edition - we were asked to design a warp based on the theme Change. I decided to embrace change as a design principle, hoping to demonstrate through the project the transformative effects of incremental change. At nearly every step in design and production, I have introduced a small change. In the warp fiber selection, change was introduced through the use of two slightly different yarns. The difference in fiber content produced a difference in color saturation, resulting in a subtle distinction between the two in both ..read more
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Chasing Moon Shadows
Wonder Woven LLC
by Tracy Bromwich
3y ago
A new project is in the works on the Macomber loom! The warp is 60% cotton/40% linen - my favorite fluffy cottolin from Sweden. I designed this one at the beginning of August - immediately after returning from our week-long camping trip in Sequoia/King's Canyon National Park. I considered naming it "Serenity Now" as that was what I most desired as I emptied all my bins of cottolin yarn cones in search of a tranquil color combination to instill a sense of peace in my studio as we began our last month of summer vacation. But as we've now just returned from a spontaneous road trip ..read more
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On the Horizon
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by Tracy Bromwich
3y ago
This week I have the immense pleasure of attending the ANWG 2017 NW Weavers' Conference in Victoria, BC! I am now 2 days into my 3-day pre-conference workshop on Fiberworks with Margaret Coe and Bob Keates. On Saturday, I will enjoy Stencil Dyeing with Brian Whitehead and round off the weekend learning Tunisian Crochet - something I've wanted to do for at least a year! A very exciting part of the festivities will be the Wrap Weavers Collaboration at ANWG 2017 - which includes a Signature Style Exhibition and retreat. (Well, that is assuming the above activities allow me any time to retreat ..read more
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Obscura
Wonder Woven LLC
by Tracy Bromwich
3y ago
Last April, I moved my Macomber loom to the Camera Obscura Art Lab in Santa Monica for a 3-month long Artist in Residence program. When I applied for the residency earlier this year, I had proposed to explore local color through watercolor studies of a nearby park and to translate these studies into a woven fabric while hosting 13 public workshops related to fiber arts. I have 4 weeks remaining - ample time (I hope!) to complete weaving my 40-yard warp and host 4 more workshops. Read on for the story of what I have been doing thus far. As the weaving will soon begin, it is now time to se ..read more
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Caprice
Wonder Woven LLC
by Tracy Bromwich
3y ago
The newest warp on the countermarche loom is mostly Egyptian cotton - there are some cotton and organic cotton yarns in the mix to broaden the color palette. My spring colorway, it transitions smoothly from deep plum to coral, taking a brief detour through a silver-green that adds some brightness through the center. Complementary and contrasting colors are mixed into each section for a highly pinstriped, very colorful warp. The sett is approximately 24 EPI. It has been threaded with the same 8-shaft crackle draft that was used for Escapade. I would consider this warp to be the cousin of Escap ..read more
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Extreme knitting with 1st/2nd Graders!
Wonder Woven LLC
by Tracy Bromwich
3y ago
This is pretty off-topic from my usual weaving posts. But I thought my fiber-loving friends - especially those with young, crafty kids - might enjoy this. If you're looking for an ambitious project for yourself - or one that you can do with your little one - read on! My kids' elementary school holds a fundraising auction each Spring in which the students of each classroom collaborate to create an item to be sold. In the first few weeks in February, 6 hours of class time are devoted to the activity, which is organized and supported by parents and implemented by the students. This is the f ..read more
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Alloy
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by Tracy Bromwich
3y ago
Two weeks ago I faced a dilemma. I had several consequetive days to work without interruption and two empty looms plus one fully warped, threaded and sleyed with bright, cheery spring colors. But I found myself in the midst of a migraine episode and feeling weighed down and alienated by politics. I wasn't feeling ready for spring and the hopeful state it implies. I needed something comforting and cozy. So I went a different direction and brought out the box of silk/sea cell yarn I had been saving. This is color therapy. True autumn colors - tawny, coppery and metallic. Think gold, c ..read more
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Indigo v.2: Blueprint
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by Tracy Bromwich
3y ago
This project features my second organic indigo-dyed warp. If you missed version 1, you can read about it here. For this one, I started with 10/2 Organic Upland bright white combed cotton. Like v.1, it was dyed in small organic indigo vats over several weeks - allowing the vat time to rest between sessions. The warp has a full range of blues and a lovely contrast with the bright white bits that were tied to resist the dye. The first (of many) skeins dyed The warp was beamed at 28 ends per inch and threaded to produce the structure below, an 8-shaft crackle weave. I developed this pattern by m ..read more
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Frosted
Wonder Woven LLC
by Tracy Bromwich
3y ago
When I took up weaving a few years ago, the thing that most attracted me was the thought of making something useful - and beautiful - with very simple materials.  Throughout this year, I've been inching this idea forward, beginning some projects with even simpler materials: natural yarns and various dye stuff. I've been dipping my toe into yarn dyeing, trying new techniques with various fibers and experimenting with ways in which these yarns may be employed in weaving. Recently, I've had the great pleasure of taking an online course in dyeing taught by one of my favorite indie yarn dyers ..read more
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