Weaving Patterns

These patterns are from Lynn Gray Ross’s Collection for you to adapt and weave.

Presentation Prayer Stole

The prayer stole was woven in 1985 for presentation to Emiliano Castro, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches based in Geneva. He was a Methodist minister from Uruguay who had been unable to visit his native country since 1972 due to the political situation there. He was visiting Scotland to speak at a conference in Edinburgh.

It is woven in white to symbolize the Resurrection with Monk’s Belt weave to form the crosse in white handspun linen from Sweden. There are occasional shots of white silk worked across the row in Soumak technique to add texture and sheen. I chose the white silk because it comes from China. The warp is cotton from the renovated Styal Mill in Cheshire, symbolic of the UK, America and India .

The white linen for the Monk’s Belt pattern represents the clerical garb of the early Celtic monks in Scotland and Ireland.

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