I put on a warp of 8/2 Tencel in multiple colors -- think sunset on a rainy day colors on the warp side and a sunset at Monument Valley, NM on the weft side. The warp side is a little brighter with more colors but color is good!
Here's the warp:
And here's how it looks so far -- first photo is from the right side and the second photo is from the left. You can see that I am having problems with the edges curling. I read ahead of time that this could happen with a satin weave and the suggestion was to packed the dents at the edge (before the floating selvedge) with extra threads. So I did that, but apparently not enough. Hopefully the edges with flatten out when I wet finish and hard press it. I also read that the sett should a little closer to get good coverage on the warp side so I used a sett of 30 EPI, but next time I think will try a set of 32 or 34 with 8/2 tencel. I started this as a scarf but now I'm considering making a mobius so that both sides will show. And I put on a long warp and will have enough two do a second mobius with a different weft thread and to do some sampling.
And now, it back to the loom!
2 comments:
Holly I am totally loving that. Can I join your study group? Where can I get more info. That weave structure is fascinating.
One weaver study group - sounds like my shadow weave group - we all have a robust discussion from time to time, all of me. :-D
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