I only have a few more days before my first show, so I’m finishing my last few items. I wove them on a warp I hand painted.
Here’s the thing...I obviously can’t reliably predict how the color will look from wet to dry yarn. My inspiration was Design Seeds sugared tones.
Nice summery pastels, right? HAH! Here’s what I ended up with.
We can all agree – Not. Even. Close.
So, how would I proceed? Well, if I wanted to tone it all down, I’d use a white weft. That’s what I did for the first scarf.
Much closer to the intent. And I like the random switching of the treadling pattern.
However, since I’d dyed some weft yarn to coordinate, I wanted to use it. I’m calling this one sugar & grapes.
Then, because I was clearly barely sufficient with the number of my cowls, I wove the last two into short-ish cowls instead of one fringed scarf. First I used a gold weft. Also reminiscent of the original intent.
Finally I used a grayed-blue yarn, giving the cowl a denim-like appearance.
On to the many off-loom and/or administrative tasks that need to be done before the show.
July 7th, 2019 |
