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Experimenting with warp and weft colors

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Eileen Lee Posted in Uncategorized

I wanted to experiment with different warp color.  For this project, the warp is black and white.  While winding on the warping board, I held the  two colors together.

My next idea was do a fancy structure in a color for the weft.  What color should I use?  That is the question.  Originally, I was thinking a light color would look best.  But after samples, I decided on a darker color.

That reminds me, why sample?  In the past, I was working on a fabric for  shirt and couldn’t decide on the weft color.  I made many samples at the beginning of the piece and decided on a green color.  After the fabric was completed, I washed it including the samples of different weft color.  If I had seen the samples washed, I would have chosen a different weft color.  The washed sample makes a difference on what the actual fabric will look like,

Weft – that is the question?  What should be weft color be?  I made several little section of five colors.  I cut if off the loom and washed the sample.

There were five weft colors to choose from.  After wash, I choose the red

 

The scarf came out beautiful.  Usually fringe is what I apply to the scarves, but I didn’t do this for this scarf  because it appears mainly red and the fringe would be black and white.  I decided to hem the ends and add red beads.  Would I weave another black/white warp with color weft project again.  Probably not.  It is pretty but not my favorite.  But is was an  experiment and there you have it.

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