Stormy Seas Dishtowels

The weaving development process requires starting with an inspiration photo, assembling a pile of random colors, identifying a draft that connects the ideas, creating a warp to reflect the inspiration, playing with weft on the loom to create fabric, and finally a finished product.

Inspiration photo of stormy San Francisco Bay in green/grey with whitecaps and the rocky shore.
inspiration photo of cones of yarn in green/blue/grey/brown.
Photo of a weaving draft showing potential color placement of weaving threads across a point twill pattern.
Photo of yarns on a warping mill in bands.
Photo of warp going onto a loom.
Photo of warp threaded for weaving but lack without tension showing color variation.
Photo of testing different weft options on a warp including finer blue and thicker green weft.
Photo of weaving in process in blue/grey.
Closeup of finished towel showing variation in texture and pattern.