Labyrinthine paths fascinate me, and provide a pattern for experimenting with a variety of sprang patterns.
Because sprang produces two mirror-image pieces of cloth, I get two labyrinths with each project. Sometimes I cut them into two separate hangings, some become scarves, and others I fold into pouches or bags.
Because sprang produces two mirror-image pieces of cloth, I get two labyrinths with each project. Sometimes I cut them into two separate hangings, some become scarves, and others I fold into pouches or bags.
My first labyrinths were with double cloth as I experimented with different styles of stitches in interchanging layers. Working double cloth in the middle is extremely difficult, so for these I cut them apart and show them here with on front side and one back side. As I became more comfortable with the medium the patterns became more complex. At some point I plan to return to spirals and figure out how to make cleaner circles than in the final, grey and white one below.
After the double cloth labyrinths I figured lace would be easier. But I was not as happy with the lace experiments as I had been with the double cloth. Lace works best when all lines are diagonal. Horizontal, vertical, and curved lines work OK, but the patterns really pop with the holes arranged in straight diagonal lines. The designs in green were attempts at a tree motif, with leaves in the center of the labyrinth.
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These three labyrinths all have the same design and are each worked in a different type of stitch. The maroon sample is worked in lace, the blue one in double cloth, and the pink in S&Z.
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In these I learned that S&Z patterns running horizontal and vertical do not show well in sprang. These two pouches both have the same pattern as the square double cloth labyrinths above, but the transitions between S-leaning stitches and Z-leaning stitches do not show up well. This subtle patterning is a good technique for a hidden pattern.
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