{"id":57,"date":"2013-03-22T12:41:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/?p=57"},"modified":"2013-11-11T09:06:40","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T17:06:40","slug":"hello-handsome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/?p=57","title":{"rendered":"Hello, handsome!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Color is often the answer to life’s problems. \u00a0And, it can make something otherwise dull and boring into a rich and compelling gem. \u00a0Enter the M’s and O’s fabric with my boring mill ends.<\/div>\n
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I went ahead and used the end of the warp to make one final set of samples. \u00a0Sett at 36epi, beaten square and a full range of color combinations. \u00a0The two pieces on the left are for overdyeing, the one on the right will be the control sample.<\/div>\n
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I decided to make two colors – one a deep but rich red that I developed over the summer and the other a magenta\/wine color. \u00a0In either case, I wanted something that would be rich and appealing in the colder months. \u00a0I’ve been thinking of this as a “Spring” vest, but since the last day of winter was only yesterday, I’ve reverted to winter colors. \u00a0And now, the result:<\/p>\n

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Yeah. \u00a0Wow. \u00a0Really, really wow. \u00a0There’s now a lovely texture to the fabric that didn’t exist before and the size of the medallion is, in my opinion, no longer an issue. \u00a0Both colors are absolutely amazing, but that red keeps calling to me.<\/p>\n

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And here you can see the different yarns\/weaves interacting. \u00a0The color looks quite true on my monitor (even the magenta in the corner) and I really love the texture. \u00a0I’m happy enough with this that I’ll go ahead and measure\/wind off a warp and weave off enough fabric to make the vest. \u00a0That really puts the hammer down on making the sample as I’m not sure that I’m happy with how high it rides in the back. \u00a0It stops at my actual waist, but I think I’m going to nudge it down just a bit so that it extends slightly below my waist. \u00a0Easy enough to do and that won’t hold up the weaving.<\/p>\n

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And yes, I’ve written down the dye formula. \u00a0I just hope that I can get as good coverage when I’m dyeing yardage rather than a small swatch. \u00a0It’ll mean getting out the big pot but I certainly think it’ll be worth it.<\/div>\n
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So Sara – how do you like that red? \u00a0:-)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Color is often the answer to life’s problems. \u00a0And, it can make something otherwise dull and boring into a rich and compelling gem. \u00a0Enter the M’s and O’s fabric with my boring mill ends. I went ahead and used the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dyeing","category-weaving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222,"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions\/222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}