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<\/a><\/p>\nAs you can see, I did a few combinations. \u00a0The bottom is two color and a long treadling repeat to make squares rather than rectangles. \u00a0The center section is also two colors, highly contrasting and the top is two color but nearly no contrast. \u00a0They’re all interesting in their own way, but they all have one thing in common. \u00a0Too open. \u00a0For sure.<\/p>\n
The shaping of the weave structure really starts to show, but there are big gaps between the threads. \u00a0I really, really don’t like that. \u00a0As you get closer, it gets worse.<\/p>\n Moving onto the two treadlings that are more “contrasty”, I’m really quite torn as to which I prefer.<\/p>\n I like the scale of the half-repeat for anything clothing-like, simply because the pattern isn’t too overwhelming.<\/p>\n And, the contrasting threads give a visual dimensionality to it. \u00a0However …<\/p>\n the squares really are quite charming. \u00a0For upholstery, linens, or maybe a blanket, great. \u00a0But I just don’t think this would lend itself well to clothing. \u00a0Just too big. \u00a0(for reference, the “circles” are about 3\/4″ in diameter).<\/p>\n Now – everything goes better with silk, right?<\/p>\n Right. \u00a0Absolutely right. \u00a0There’s a sheen that makes this fabric really gorgeous and the hand is also wonderful. \u00a0But again, on inspection, too open.<\/p>\n So – in the finishing, there’s a lesson. \u00a0I’m not going to change the threading at all. \u00a0I am, however, going to resley this at 36epi and see how that goes. \u00a0And, I’m going to spend a bit more time with the silk and with the contrasting colors. \u00a0I do think that this is a workable fabric, I just need to pack it more densely. \u00a0Best of all, this is a fast change so I can still make progress this month.<\/p>\n Now, if only I thought that dealing with taxes would be this easy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So, the first set of samples is off the loom and I put them through a wash in the sink, albeit a vigorous one, because I really thought it’d be better to see how they’d change before deciding wether to … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n