My passion for the lively texture of collapse weave continues.  The shawls are woven in plain weave using an overtwist Habu Textiles wool crepe as the fiber that gives the weave its  springy liveliness.   At 2/48 this is so fine as to be almost invisible in the weft.  And with the loosely set warp threads the garment just off the loom is light as air.  The overtwist  wool crepe  creates magic when the shawl is put into water and collapses about 30%;  giving the fabric its soft pleats.

black collapse weave shawl

black collapse weave shawl. The picture on left is before collapsing in water

 

 collapse weave shawl

weaving fine as air

fushia collapse weave shawl

fushia collapse weave shawl

black collapse weave shawl before and after

before shrinking and after

collapse weave shawl

collapse weave shawl

rachel being weird

my model being weird