Thats it…

• March 4, 2010 -- Turkish Carpet Project v1.5 ~ More Cartoons (3)
• April 5, 2010 -- Good Weekend (2)
• February 12, 2010 -- Turkish Carpet Project v1.3 (0)
• January 18, 2011 -- Turkish Carpet Project v1.8 Mordanting the Wool (0)
• August 19, 2010 -- Turkish Carpet Project v1.7 The Math (0)
• July 1, 2010 -- Turkish Rug project v1.6 a Looming I Will Go (0)

I will be starting a whole new cartoon soon, as this first one was just to work out some pattern issues. The first problem being the lack of a middle section in the original painting., Thanks to a suggestion from Mistress Agnes, I have decided to try  filling it with repeating element from the black border section.

Second issue is filling the strange flattened triangle sections that are part of the centers border. Maybe a squidy Cthuhulu like pattern.

The inner portion of the carpet has to be shrunk by 4 knots the whole way around, This is easily done as there is a 2 knot deep border that doesn’t affect any of the complex pattern bits.

This is a computer cut & paste model of what the carpet will look like when done.

I also started doing the math. There will be ~ 132,000 knots in the carpet (not including selvage and start/ end flat weave sections). Each knot using ~ 2″ of wool which works out to 21,933 feet of wool (7311 yd. / 6685 m.)

Still looking for middle eastern / turkish looms in period, and type of wool, and dye stuff.

Fun & Stuff & Things.

• February 12, 2010 -- Turkish Carpet Project v1.3 (0)
• August 19, 2010 -- Turkish Carpet Project v1.7 The Math (0)
• April 5, 2010 -- Good Weekend (2)
• February 14, 2010 -- Turkish Carpet v1.4 Cartoon Time (0)
• July 1, 2010 -- Turkish Rug project v1.6 a Looming I Will Go (0)
• March 14, 2010 -- Daffodil Carpet Sample (0)

I was having trouble trying to get the same number of knots on the warp compared to the weft. I decided to tie the knot around doubled up warp threads. It worked very well as for the first time I have matching knot counts.

I also tried this sample with a woven salvage edge. If the edge was starting to curve a bit on one side of the sample I could just do an extra wrap and the warp treads between rows forced the drooping side to even out. I also tried cutting the pile down very low right from the first row. It makes it so much easier to deal with cutting down the pile later. The grid like pattern from Holbein’s “ambassadors” finally looks like what I am getting from the samples. everything is nice and square. Happy. I have decided to do the Persian knot rather than the Turkish. It just makes for a nicer square pixel.

I also tried out a different parttern from the rug. A repeating found in the border near the edge of the carpet.

For this sample I tried to use three warp threads separating the rows. It didn’t cinch down the same, and the knots pattern went to 8weft x 6.5 warp.

Next trying to figure out how the repeating pattern connects in the corner as it is not shown in the painting. Still thinking on the center panel. I will have to make a complete random guess as nothing else seems to fit this rug pattern.

***possible corner cartoon***

n a very happy note, my dad made me my birthday present a couple of weeks early. Using an old propane tank that can no longer be legally filled, a pressure gauge, valve, and some old hose (and one purchased air nosel), he has made me a portable air cylinder. I don’t have a need for a full air compressor, but some times it is nice to be able to blow out all the wood dust from machine parts.

woot.

• March 4, 2010 -- Turkish Carpet Project v1.5 ~ More Cartoons (3)
• February 14, 2010 -- Turkish Carpet v1.4 Cartoon Time (0)
• August 19, 2010 -- Turkish Carpet Project v1.7 The Math (0)
• July 1, 2010 -- Turkish Rug project v1.6 a Looming I Will Go (0)
• April 5, 2010 -- Good Weekend (2)
• March 14, 2010 -- Daffodil Carpet Sample (0)