I wound a warp today but it's not turning out how I envisioned. I was graduating 3 colors in the warp but am not totally happy with the color on the right, it's too light....too late now! Then I started auditioning wefts, see the start of that above. I have never auditioned so many weft colors ever before with only one acceptable - the green, the color in this picture is very misleading, it's actually very attractive. This pattern (gleaned from handweaving.net) is a 32 harness twill and crepe weave. It's called Birch Leaves and has a leaf pattern that changes directions 4 times. Luckily it's a straight twill so I can ditch the birch leaves and find another draft. I'm going to have to give this warp some thought. I think this pattern is better suited to a solid color warp, maybe a black.
On this Birch Leaves pattern, I have found in downloading wif files from online or CD's that I better study them carefully before starting to weave. There are sometimes errors, most often I've found them in the weft picks as in this one. If I had continued to repeat this pattern it would not have matched up. I did some editing and fixed that. This is actually not a bad thing because it's making me spend more time learning WeavePoint.
So today wasn't a total success but I enjoyed myself winding the warp and dressing the loom.....just another learning experience.
I've grown to love that whole process, from winding to weaving. It is so satisfying.
ReplyDeleteWell, it looks like an interesting pattern, but I have to agree, hard to find just the right color choice for this one. Glad though that you are getting more hours and comfort with your new loom and all it's programming!
ReplyDeleteSo many options......