After going to the Warp and Weft exhibition in Bury St Edmunds I felt inspired to experiment with three-dimensional weaving. Lucy McMullen weaves up to six cloths. On my 8-shaft loom I can weave up to four cloths, I had a go at the multiple cloth weaving to try to get a grip on how she does it. In my attempt I decided to make it easy for myself and used one colour per cloth, this meant I could keep track of where each cloth was goes and when it was being woven. I found it hard to weave them to the same standard because I could see only one cloth at a time, I also need more practice with getting my edges straight. The first two pictures show the cloths being woven independently, and the last I joined on side of the cloths together to create pockets. I am pleased with my first attempt and now have more understanding of how to use multiple cloths.
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