tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241854430221439113.post1809987443623827455..comments2024-01-04T08:25:44.029-08:00Comments on eine Saite: Beginning IkatTracy Hudsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155247731506601841noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241854430221439113.post-76975308058892608922012-01-12T06:55:46.927-08:002012-01-12T06:55:46.927-08:00That is far out - I must have known your mom at so...That is far out - I must have known your mom at some point, if she was one of our regular customers.<br />Yes, it was very hard to actually save money working there. But I got a lifetime of inspiration in the bargain!Tracy Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18155247731506601841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241854430221439113.post-63122964130816119552012-01-12T05:51:10.060-08:002012-01-12T05:51:10.060-08:00Ahhh - if I'd worked at The World's Window...Ahhh - if I'd worked at The World's Window I never would have gone home with a paycheck! I was born in KC but moved at age 7. Returned for less than a year in my early 20's when my parent's moved back (my dad was born and raised there)and they continued to live there for another 27 years. My mom's favorite shop was TWW and she decorated her house and clothed herself there. I got lots of nice gifts from there and we always went when I was in town visiting. Maybe we've met, Tracy!Lynn Wigellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241854430221439113.post-21923964826889311252012-01-11T08:49:34.317-08:002012-01-11T08:49:34.317-08:00Hi Lynn, thanks for your comments.
That's so g...Hi Lynn, thanks for your comments.<br />That's so great that you know The World's Window - I forgot about your KC connection! Yes, I worked there on & off for several years during my college days, and I still have friends that I met there - it attracted a creative, interesting bunch of people. It was a very enriching experience, and my interest in textiles is strongly rooted there. <br />Check out the Backstrap Weaving group and Laverne's blog when we start our new WAL - ikat will be one of the themes.Tracy Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18155247731506601841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241854430221439113.post-86818883072391980002012-01-11T05:54:57.509-08:002012-01-11T05:54:57.509-08:00This is a lovely entry. I've been enamoured of...This is a lovely entry. I've been enamoured of ikat since college and done very simple designs. I'd love to expand upon it. You mentioned working in an import store in KC - was it World's Window by chance? That was a favorite haunt of mine and I have many beautiful pieces of clothing that my mother bought for me over the years there.Lynn Wigellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241854430221439113.post-89088521012724906602011-11-20T17:56:59.299-08:002011-11-20T17:56:59.299-08:00I don't know enough about ikat to make a comme...I don't know enough about ikat to make a comment other than this: Thank you for this wonderful post. I share your love of the timelessness of weaving and spinning, ever since I lived in a 1770 house and spun and wove there while reading A Midwife's Tale; The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary 1785-1812, by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. It was a wonderful experience and I strongly identified with those women who had worked in my house over the centuries.clairzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12076402619649343527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241854430221439113.post-19963362241563289412011-11-13T01:52:56.103-08:002011-11-13T01:52:56.103-08:00Tracy, this is just amazing. Thank you so much for...Tracy, this is just amazing. Thank you so much for trebling my knowledge of and squaring my appreciation for ikat weaving - and even just weaving in general. Watching your process through your photos reinforced my determination to keep on with all the bits I'm working on (not weaving, just knitting and spinning) because sometimes I just need reminding that it's about the process...<br /><br />Thanks, Tracy :)<br /><br />\m/ Katthorhammerhttp://www.thepratchettproject.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241854430221439113.post-54882719965315703342011-11-08T17:44:49.318-08:002011-11-08T17:44:49.318-08:00Thanks for the detailed description and photos. I...Thanks for the detailed description and photos. I'm not all that familiar with Ikat, more so now than before. TraudiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241854430221439113.post-47840931162403120622011-11-08T07:20:38.690-08:002011-11-08T07:20:38.690-08:00I remember my mom describing ikat to me a very lon...I remember my mom describing ikat to me a very long time ago, before I had any desire to weave. It seemed insane. My, my, how we change! I loved reading about your new adventures. And I've been trying to think of another word for your concept of "ancientness" but decided it's just fine. Otherwise we'd be getting all particle physicsey or transcendental meditationey.Mary (consider)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241854430221439113.post-55736816902375996802011-11-08T01:53:02.144-08:002011-11-08T01:53:02.144-08:00Oh Sanhita, those checkerboard patterns are my fav...Oh Sanhita, those checkerboard patterns are my favorite. I have a photo of such a sari from the same exhibit, but it's blurry.<br />And your comment reminded me, the nicest sari I own is a cotton ikat from Orissa, with a turtle motif - and I completely forgot to pull it out and take photos!<br />It seems this topic is too large, no matter how much I include, it will still be incomplete....Tracy Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18155247731506601841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241854430221439113.post-19945252002225926022011-11-07T20:18:49.763-08:002011-11-07T20:18:49.763-08:00Ikat is done in Orissa too. But the motifs used th...Ikat is done in Orissa too. But the motifs used there are very distinct from those of Pochampalli. Orissa Ikat uses a lot of fish, conch shell, mango and lotus motifs. They weave a typical design in sarees known as Pasha Pali. Pasha is a form of chess-like board game (remember Mahabharata?) and the motifs are checkerboards done in multiple colours.Sanhitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609841296311913382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241854430221439113.post-18054057661012886362011-11-07T00:46:00.067-08:002011-11-07T00:46:00.067-08:00Thanks for mentioning, Swapna. I knew there was s...Thanks for mentioning, Swapna. I knew there was something happening in A.P., but it is a newer development (that's why I added the word "traditionally" to the Gujarat & Orissa sentence - trying to cover myself!)<br />More the better, I say.Tracy Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18155247731506601841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241854430221439113.post-65904455318848664332011-11-06T23:34:41.881-08:002011-11-06T23:34:41.881-08:00Pochampalli in Andhra Pradesh does Ikat, too. Alth...Pochampalli in Andhra Pradesh does Ikat, too. Although I think it's a modern import, from what I read on the Net. I love their sarees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com