Weaving Sea Birds
March 29, 2011
I think Lavernne of BackStrap Weaving referred to this design as Pre-Columbian Sea Birds. I can see a strong resemblance to pelicans, especially after watching a PBS program about Australian Pelicans. I have been enjoying charting various configurations of the sea-birds based on the charts in Laverne’s ebook and weaving photographs as well as other images I find.
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Evelyn Oldroyd 
What fun! 😉
cheers,
Laura
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Oh was it this past Sunday’s Nature? I missed it and had wanted to watch it.
Your bands look beautiful.
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I am not sure which program it was! It was excellent though and will no doubt be on again or available online.
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Beautiful!
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What wonderful bands you are creating! I like the contrasting colors and the strong definition of the birds. Great photography-especially the first one (my favorite.)
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looks like you are having fun, the patterns are great and the colours are perfect.
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I always thought that figure was a pelican. They are such interesting birds! Big and obvious too. Lovely weaving!
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Very cool!!
I like that they remind you of pelicans….I have pelican photos just waiting for me to regain some blogging mojo. I did post today, so maybe that will be the start of something!
Sue
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Your designs are beautiful!
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Thanks all – I am having fun with the charting and have a few more to work through.
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I love your sea birds – how colorful they are. We watched that show about the Australian pelicans on our public TV station – it was fascinating.
I was just talking with a friend about spinning cotton – It looks like a lengthy process since the singles are so fine. You have much more patience that I’d have, that’s for sure. 🙂 T.
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