{"id":67,"date":"2013-01-28T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T02:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/?p=67"},"modified":"2013-10-27T18:41:11","modified_gmt":"2013-10-28T01:41:11","slug":"networking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/?p=67","title":{"rendered":"Networking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think this project is the perfect example of why it&#8217;s important to actually <i>weave<\/i> something and not just read about it.  It also continues to reinforce that sampling is good. I&#8217;d been muddling over how to play with color and texture in overshot and, in searching for some interesting references, found my way to Bonnie Inouye&#8217;s article in the now-defunct WeaveZine on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weavezine.com\/content\/flowing-curves-network-drafted-twill\">Networked Twill<\/a>.  I read it.  I read it again.  I got out my laptop and fired up Fiberworks and played around.  Regardless, I just couldn&#8217;t wrap my head around it so that left me no choice but to wind a warp and fire up the loom. Project Notes: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Warp:  8\/2 BFL from Ashland Bay (this is very loosely plied &#8211; I&#8217;d prefer a higher twist and may well run it through the wheel first next time)<\/li>\n<li>Weft:  8\/2 Mill Ends from WEBS<\/li>\n<li>Sett:  20epi &#8211; 2 ends per dent in a 10 dent reed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/lh\/photo\/7GH5sQXOtLwlTcHLM_53uAKsZ3_pFmNayljudsAD9_8?feat=embedwebsite\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-VMFLmGz4JsU\/UQcf0OL8puI\/AAAAAAAACkc\/Vn_zr1ANRTw\/s144\/IMG_2490.JPG\" height=\"108\" width=\"144\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p> Woven off at 20 ppi for as balanced a fabric as possible. I hemstitched at the beginning and after weaving off 75&#8243;, left some room for fringe and then wove off a bit more as a sample to keep.  I gave the finished scarf a bath and also gave it a vigorous rubbing.  I may well run it through the wash next load to see if the whole thing will full even more.  I&#8217;d like it to be just a hint softer. The big learning here was how to manipulate the treadling to get curves &#8211; both slow, sweeping ones as well as sharp, zig-zaggy ones.  It&#8217;s all about how slowly or quickly I work my way across the treadles.  The threading is based on a 4-shaft twill, so a &#8220;closed&#8221; repeat is four picks.  If I stop short, then I work &#8220;left&#8221; two treadles from the last (e.g. &#8211; if I end on 5, then I start again on 2; end on 7 and start again on 4, etc.).  Now, I can extend the repeat to five six or seven picks, that just changes where I start for the next segment.  It took about 18 inches of weaving before I started to feel confident about where things would go &#8211; and then it became fun! <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/lh\/photo\/068aDSK6q4xlqAaQy2ntYAKsZ3_pFmNayljudsAD9_8?feat=embedwebsite\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-kqQLgIoKElo\/UQcf0xWWybI\/AAAAAAAACkk\/ylLW_wP6QYI\/s144\/IMG_2491.JPG\" height=\"108\" width=\"144\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p> The other thing that happened was a noticeable rippling in the cloth.  You can see that a bit in the picture above.  The tie-up was a 3\/1\/1\/3 so the cloth was &#8220;faced&#8221; and that, I think, is what helped give the added dimension.  I was a bit worried about tension problems but as long as I kept moving those curves around, all was well.  Bonnie&#8217;s original piece was done in silk and I did wonder how much of my tension stuff got absorbed by the wool.  BFL is far from elastic, but it does forgive. <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/lh\/photo\/g96BuWEfq6vYor6AcJCmNAKsZ3_pFmNayljudsAD9_8?feat=embedwebsite\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-vY4XB7MmaWo\/UQcf1LTrapI\/AAAAAAAACkU\/gc4_qwLGiMI\/s144\/IMG_2493.jpg\" height=\"108\" width=\"144\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p> And, of course, I wove a bit of the sample at the end in my (continuing) favorite yarn.  Yup, that&#8217;s the Dead Weaver Blue.  I like the contrast so much more than the natural brown and, when I get to the real project, I&#8217;ll probably go for a darker weft.  An inky black with hints of yellow and green (think asphalt) with white nepps.  Should be fun. I&#8217;m going to fess up and say that I&#8217;m behind on my January list &#8211; I&#8217;ve not yet sewn the vest but I have been thinking about the fabric I plan to sample for next month.  So, this weekend is for sewing and firming up sampling.  I do think I&#8217;ll be able to get it all done.  Just need to get off my (proverbial) duff.  Post this weekend to recap on where I am against the list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think this project is the perfect example of why it&#8217;s important to actually weave something and not just read about it. It also continues to reinforce that sampling is good. 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