Weaving

The common methods of creating fabrics/textiles are weaving, knitting and felting. Today we looked at weaving. In weaving you have a weave, which is the vertical fixed yarn structure and the weft is woven through the weave. Different structures are created by different ways of interlocking, e.g. twill, satin and sateen. We made some samples in paper.

Then we had to incorporate weaving into a zero waste paper garment. I chose to weave through the front, joining the fold over top to the side, which makes a seam there redundant and allows for easier disassembly and reuse of the fabric.

We also briefly looked at weaving software for creating weaving patterns, which then can be shared as an open source.