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Creativity

For a while now, it seems that all my creativity has gone into choosing paint colors and floor types. You would think that someone who works with color all the time would just snap her fingers and the choices would be made. Didn’t work that way. And once the decision is made, there is scheduling all the workers and turning your house over to strangers. Then, after all the renovating was done, the creativity fairy went on vacation. She’s back now and has waved her magic wand. The weaving has begun!


I’m doing a new type of weaving for me, wedge weave. Wedge weave is a Navajo weaving technique that leaves wavy selvedges. When the triangles (wedges) are woven, the warp is pulled inward. When the weaving goes in the other direction, the selvedge will look normal, which creates the scalloped look. The picture above is a Navajo Eye Dazzler from the website of the Oriental and Navajo Rug Company. A more modern interpretation of wedge weave can be found on Connie Lippert's website.

By trying something new, all kinds of ideas are coming to me while sitting on the loom bench.