Yes, dear Sara, I went with purple/blue. While I’d gotten a lot of prodding from others that the blue/jade or purple/jade would be so stylish, I knew I’d get no joy from either the weaving/sewing or the wearing. If I’m going to make yards of this stuff, and create a garment that (hopefully) I’ll wear for a lifetime, the least that I can do is make cloth that is pleasing to my eye. And my hand.
I did, however, make one concession and that is in pattern. There was another in the gample (still using it!) that I liked more, but it didn’t really have the look of a plaited twill. So, I went with this:
It’s an 8-harness, 10-treadle pattern. Threading is straight-forward (straight twill) and treadling is simple (straight-treadle) and the fun is in the tie-up. I’m pretty sure that this is one of the tie-ups I did on my own, rather than one drawn from either Strickler or Oelsner, but that really doesn’t matter. What does is that it’s interesting, easy to weave and makes a lovely finished fabric. Complex, but not.
And, I’ll leave you with this – proof that there’s a person actually doing the work. I didn’t know this was happening, but it was there, so I’m sharing it.
The weaver at work. And oh, how happy she is. :-)
Throw on another 5 yards of warp, will ya? I neeeeeeed that fabric!
Seriously, that color is stunning and the fabric looks perfect!
You can make your own! My next 5 yards will be something white – or nearly so. My eyeballs are saturated.
Go for red for the next warp – white is so boring!
yay, weavy!