Nice composition great colors.....I think I would have shot this bit further back to pick up more of the colors and pattern of the finished weave in the right bottom corner. Nice detail.
Excellent use of color here, and creative use of lines in the composition. Good subject that meets the challenge. If this had been in better focus I would have given it an extra point.
Old fashioned or low tech?... both. Nice job of picking a good subject and great angle for presenting it. Just enough DOF and focus in the center that my eyes go right to the central knot and really have a hard time not staying there!