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  • Janet Dawson

    Administrator
    May 20, 2023 at 6:38 pm

    “Don’t slap pandas”

    • Janet Dawson

      Administrator
      May 20, 2023 at 6:38 pm

      …because I received a gift t-shirt in the mail that came with these care instructions.

      • Joy Pate

        Member
        September 9, 2023 at 1:20 pm

        I don’t know how I lost track of this forum topic for months, but this made it all worth the catching up!! ????

        • Janet Dawson

          Administrator
          September 9, 2023 at 6:06 pm

          It’s the little things.

  • Janet Dawson

    Administrator
    May 21, 2023 at 1:13 am

    “Twill” because I’ve been up all night thinking about it.

  • Janet Dawson

    Administrator
    May 26, 2023 at 4:04 am

    (adj.) Quanked: overcome by fatigue.

    I like the way it looks like a pillow, and the borders remind me of zZZzzzZZzzZzzzs.

    Mind you, everything reminds me of ZzzZZzzzzZZzs right now, because I am quanked.

  • Janet Dawson

    Administrator
    May 26, 2023 at 8:55 am

    “Release the hounds”

  • Roxanna Rochat

    Member
    May 26, 2023 at 9:59 pm

    Tintinnabulum – a word I learned in yesterday’s guild meeting: a small tinkling bell

    • Janet Dawson

      Administrator
      May 26, 2023 at 10:40 pm

      That must be where tinnitus comes from!

      This one’s really nice! Much nicer than, say, tinnitus…

      • Roxanna Rochat

        Member
        May 27, 2023 at 5:43 pm

        Cool! I hadn’t made the connection but you’re right:

        tinnitus – 1843, from Latin tinnitus “a ringing, jingling,” from tinnire “to ring, tinkle”

        tintinnabulation – “the ringing of bells,” 1823, from Latin tintinnabulum “bell,” from tintinnare “to ring, jingle” (reduplicated form of tinnire “to ring,” from an imitative base) + instrumental suffix -bulum. Earlier forms in English were adjectives tintinnabulary (1787), tintinnabulatory (1827), and noun tintinnabulum “small bell” (late 14c.).

        (Online Etymology Dictionary)

        • Janet Dawson

          Administrator
          May 30, 2023 at 12:01 pm

          As expected, “ringing bells” is nicer than “tinnitus” – though both are fine depending on what you’re going for.

  • Sandra Lincoln

    Member
    May 27, 2023 at 2:54 am

    My name drafts don’t come out that great. I did one that came out cool and I have it saved, next day off I will post it.

    • Janet Dawson

      Administrator
      May 27, 2023 at 5:14 pm

      Keep in mind that you’re seeing my highlights, not every namedraft I come up with. And sometimes I fiddle with them so that they’re not longer a faithful transliteration of the original phrase so that I like them even more. Namedrafting is a tool to launch you towards an original draft, not an ironclad set of rules you must follow.

    • Roxanna Rochat

      Member
      May 27, 2023 at 5:35 pm

      My first attempts with this word were trash, but I kept trying different options in Janet’s namedraft tool until I came up with one that I liked. The filename for this is tintinnabulum_odd_blocks_abijqr0_multR1_mir1_max4.wif

      which you can decode if you play with it enough. I probably repeated the motif but didn’t fiddle with this one although it could definitely be improved with some judicious editing. Looking forward to seeing the one that you did.

    • Sheila Roberts

      Member
      May 28, 2023 at 5:19 am

      I’ve made a lot of name drafts. Most of them end up in the virtual trash can. Every so often something looks nice and I play with it. And even more rarely, I actually weave it!

      • Sandra Lincoln

        Member
        May 28, 2023 at 5:30 am

        None of my name drafts have ever been viable. I have woven one of Janets thou. It was something Janet and her hubby came up with together. Janet did a class on different treadlings that can be used with overhot. Since I had already used the other two drafts that were given for the class I chose Janets. I had a blast making different designs out of it. I never did finish with a table runner. I just made samples and actually have them in my sewing basket to make little things from them. I found instructions on making key fabs and a bucket hat. Thinking 8/2 cotton my not be stiff enough but will give it a go.

        • Sheila Roberts

          Member
          May 29, 2023 at 10:21 am

          I took both of Janet’s overshot classes whenever it was she taught them. Thanks to her, overshot is my favorite weave structure. I also took her name drafting seminar and use the program she wrote sometimes in the evening when I’m bored and too tired to really do anything constructive. I have a whole bunch I want to weave and not enough time to weave them!

  • Sheila Roberts

    Member
    May 30, 2023 at 1:44 pm

    here’s one named after my cats.

    • Janet Dawson

      Administrator
      May 30, 2023 at 2:28 pm

      Nice! What are their names? We can’t see the filename of the image, so that doesn’t give me any clues…

      • Sheila Roberts

        Member
        May 30, 2023 at 2:31 pm

        Cleo, Gato, Tigger, Andy, Callie, Agate and Mocha

        • Janet Dawson

          Administrator
          May 30, 2023 at 2:50 pm

          A whole clowder! So here’s “clowder” back at you, except I thought the wheel was overpowering and took it out, so I suppose it might actually be “lowder”?

  • Sandra Lincoln

    Member
    May 30, 2023 at 5:49 pm

    I have done nothing to this but it’s the only one I have ever done that I want to turn into something. I like it. My phrase was Moonlight in Vermont. We have lovely moons here, so easy to see too, no light pollution to deal with. There are elements of this draft that I really like and others I do not. Now to see if I can make it work. Yeah, I made one that was cool. Or I like it. @janet do you think you can add the link for name drafting to the Academy? Sorry if you have already.

    • Sue Peters

      Member
      May 30, 2023 at 7:13 pm

      I like it Sandra!!

      • Sandra Lincoln

        Member
        May 31, 2023 at 4:44 am

        Thanks, Sue

        The elements are great it’s just very unbalanced to me. I played with it some and printed it out so I could pick the elements out and try to rearrange them.

        • Janet Dawson

          Administrator
          May 31, 2023 at 9:06 am

          I like that your Moonlight draft has moon shapes in it! Almost like phases of the moon. :)

          Mirror the whole warp or reverse it first and then mirror. That’ll automagically make things balanced!

          I usually stick to single words when drafting by motifs, since each letter turns into many ends, and then mirroring to make things balanced doubles the length again. Even at that, the designs I come up with are often so big it’s unlikely I’ll ever actually use them.

          • Sandra Lincoln

            Member
            May 31, 2023 at 11:36 am

            This I just called Moonlight I like some elements. lol it’s fun playing with this.

          • Sandra Lincoln

            Member
            May 31, 2023 at 11:43 am

            MoonlightinVermont 2x’s it is more balanced but I can’t help thinking that some elements need to be pulled out and kept and others tossed. Of course, making something totally different.

            • Janet Dawson

              Administrator
              May 31, 2023 at 12:02 pm

              That’s exactly how I approach it! I let the generator spit out a design, and then I look for parts I want to emphasize (by expanding, by repeating, by shrinking things around them, etc.) or de-emphasize (usually by shrinking) or delete altogether (by turning an entire motif into a single block, for instance. You can also set off some areas by adding some twill or ABCDABCD in overshot around them like a frame.

            • Janet Dawson

              Administrator
              May 31, 2023 at 12:03 pm

              You can also add color to the mix: putting the pattern (weft) color into the warp or the ground (warp) color into the weft will make lines that set things off.

            • Janet Dawson

              Administrator
              May 31, 2023 at 12:04 pm

              Which part(s) do you especially like? Can you slice out just that part and delete the rest?

            • Sandra Lincoln

              Member
              May 31, 2023 at 12:40 pm

              In the one that is Moonlight, there is a block. It has a nice design around the outside of some circles making a nice square in the lower left-hand corner. LOL I need to play but right now I need to leave this name drafting stuff and finish the project on my loom. I lost the draft I made for my daughter in laws shawl. So I either have to find it again or make a new one. Not happy with myself right now. To many projects.

    • Janet Dawson

      Administrator
      May 31, 2023 at 1:03 pm

      The way the roses in this bit are slightly distorted makes them look like bumper cars! I totally want to leap into one and start crashing into all the other bumper roses nearby.

      <3 this so much!

      • Sandra Lincoln

        Member
        May 31, 2023 at 2:12 pm

        True, lol I like them too.

    • Sheila Roberts

      Member
      May 31, 2023 at 2:10 pm

      I like it! When I download the name draft file, I do a lot of playing with it (repeating some things, mirroring the whole thing, taking things out). I think it’s fun! You could do a lot with your moonlight in Vermont draft.

      • Sandra Lincoln

        Member
        May 31, 2023 at 2:14 pm

        I am going to play with it. I have 2 weave along to finish. first. And my garden is going to take a lot of water if we don’t get rain soon.

        • Sheila Roberts

          Member
          May 31, 2023 at 2:22 pm

          My garden needs rain too! And there’s none in the forecast.

          • Sandra Lincoln

            Member
            May 31, 2023 at 6:01 pm

            They are saying we could get some tonight or tomorrow. But from what I see it’s Friday with an 86% chance of rain.

  • Christie Wareham-Norfolk

    Member
    May 31, 2023 at 10:55 pm

    I’m looking at these designs and have no idea how you create them. What is a “namedraft” please? I have looked in the Weaver’s Toolbox and can’t find it listed.

    • Sandra Lincoln

      Member
      June 1, 2023 at 5:28 am

      Christie, Janet did a class a yr or so ago on it. It is on her old website.

      https://weavingwithjanetdawson.com/namedraft/ I have the paper that went with it so with @janet permission I am happy to share. Or maybe we can get her to run the webinar again. It was a fun time. I go to it once in a while to see if I can find something worth my time. I think I did this time. But for right now I am in the middle of several projects. One in the planning process is for a lovely young lady who has beat Cancer so far. My son calls her his sweetie, and I love her to pieces so a shawl it is. She saw the towels I was making and loved the colors posted in whats on your loom for May. So @janet , what do you say permission to share or just do a workshop? You are the best.

      • Christie Wareham-Norfolk

        Member
        June 2, 2023 at 4:24 pm

        Thanks Sandra.

        I see the latest email from HA had a link to the blog post of Namedrafts so that is very timely.

        I hope the shawl you are making for the young lady turns out just the way you want and in the colours she likes, that is a thoughtful gift.

    • Sandra Lincoln

      Member
      June 2, 2023 at 6:18 am

      https://handweavingacademy.com/how-do-you-create-a-namedraft/w

      try this. Post yesterday. Just don’t log into your account it’s in the sale pitch portion of the site.

  • Janet Dawson

    Administrator
    June 2, 2023 at 8:22 pm

    The latest blog post is all about Namedrafting and should catch anyone who’s not yet familiar with the basics up to speed. :)

  • Janet Dawson

    Administrator
    June 2, 2023 at 8:30 pm

    I went looking for pictures for the blog post earlier and ran across a few from my veggie series that I’ve always liked! Here’s “Brussel Sprouts” (with added fancy borders) and two different versions of “Pick me, artichoke”.

  • Janet Dawson

    Administrator
    June 3, 2023 at 9:12 pm

    Ron used the word “convolution” earlier and now it’s my new favourite! Turns out it’s a particular type of mathematical function as well as a twist or turn, which just makes me love it even more. I want to read up on convolution functions but that will take Serious Braining, so in the meantime here’s a namedraft of ‘Convolution’ done three different ways.

  • Janet Dawson

    Administrator
    June 7, 2023 at 11:07 am

    “Four oh four” because of reasons.

    I took a different approach with this one than I usually do: instead of repeating the entire thing, I picked the motifs in the middle that I liked best and repeated only those, leaving the edges to be a border. I quite like it!

    I also expanded the border and tried it in two different styles, one a little lighter and one a little heavier. I like the heavier one, especially at the corner, but the lighter one has a stronger contrast with the body of the pattern. Either one would be a great choice. The heavier border would be nice all on its own, too.

    • Janet Dawson

      Administrator
      June 7, 2023 at 11:09 am

      Ooo, I quite like the rose fashion version, too!

  • Janet Dawson

    Administrator
    June 10, 2023 at 12:05 pm

    I accidentally bought a loom just now, so today you get OLAD. With a touch of OBAD as well: obsessive border acquisition disorder. I’m all about the borders lately!

  • Janet Dawson

    Administrator
    June 17, 2023 at 11:42 am

    “Density,” in honor of our latest course by @carly-jayne

    • Janet Dawson

      Administrator
      June 17, 2023 at 11:46 am

      And “destiny” for any Back to the Future fans

    • Sandra Lincoln

      Member
      June 17, 2023 at 4:55 pm

      love it , You are enjoying doing these. lol I have a couple I am going to play with that have come out good.

    • Carly Jayne

      Member
      June 17, 2023 at 7:36 pm

      Which can only be woven at 100% density!

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