Thursday, February 18, 2010

Third colour warp

This has been a fun exercise to be weaving plain weave with different colours. I have done 3 different warps, I only needed to do one but I enjoyed the different colour settings.
Here are the 3 warps together in one photo:
I have finished the samples and the last warp samples look like this: (right side before washing, left after washing and pressing)
This sample is weft like warp.
Here the weft is similar to the warp colours but just a bit darker (the light green warp is yellow weft)
Again, the weft colours in a just darker shade than the warp colours. The green warp is a variegated green to yellow weft, this has become stripy in the weaving.
Here the weft colours are much darker, though the purple warp is a warmer red purple.
Here the weft colours are paler than the warp colours.
Weft colours are dark and pale grey, black and white.
Another thick/thin sample. The thick yarn is cotton chenille.

I've found it very interesting to see how the warp changes colour with the different coloured weft yarns.
I will now get all the samples from the 3 warps organized together with bundles of the different coloured yarns used. The next lesson is this Saturday, the second of five lessons. So, looking forward to the next assignment.

6 comments:

  1. You have been busy and this is a very interesting assignment. It reminds me of the colour samples I wove. I remain fascinated by the effects of different warp and weft colours, such interesting things can happen.

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  2. Yes Dorothy, I'm really enjoying this. One warp would have been enough for the assignment but using more colours gives me a bigger "library" for later use.

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  3. My favorite was the weft lighter than the warp. I wasn't fond the variegated yarn in the weft on my project either for the same reason - too stripy. Thanks for sharing that!

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  4. What a great experiment. And the zinging colours in the piece on the left have really brightened up my morning!

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  5. Now you have your own color "library", what a great thing to have when planning new textiles!

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  6. Het plezier spat van je foto's, Margreet! Wat is spelen met kleurtjes toch leuk.

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