This little band started life as a demo band at a show. After the show, only partly woven, it languished in a box until I rediscovered it. I love the colours! It's an experiment with variegations, as two of its yarns are blatantly variegated, and the remaining fine cottons have colours that undulate (the Orangey-red, for example, has zones that are Very Red and others that are Very Orange -- but the overall effect is too subtle to really call it a variegation).
The band is woven in warp-faced plainweave, but the variegations give it a more complex appearance.
The yarns are mixed. The fine cottons were sold as mini-skeins intended for use by embroiderers. The Red sparkly yarn is also fine (a "chainette" about the weight of a 10/2 cotton when under tension); but the variegated sparkly yarn is heavier (about the weight of 5/2 perle cotton).
I like this band enough that I now need to make a jacket to go with it!
Beautiful band, Ruth!
It does indeed need to adorn a jacket. I can't wait to see wait to see it.
Carie
Pretty, pretty! Don't the colours work so well together! Definitely needs a jacket, then shoes, bag, etc..................! :-) ! Couldn't you just create a whole outfit around this band, lol!!
Love it!
Jacket and bag -- what a great idea! And shoes... hmm... maybe those canvas sandals I just got need a touch of sparkle. ;-)
In any case, I'll surely need more length than I've woven -- which is all right, because it looks like I have enough of all the threads to make another warp! So I will. It can be this year's vacation weaving (though now that I'm thinking about that jacket, I really want to wear it!!).
Another lovely band Ruth, the colours look so happy together!
I also really like the way your selection of pics create a storyboard of your design journey...... I think Ellen(?) also did this for her 'Anne Archer(?) scarf? It's a great idea! (I think I'll try to have a go for the next project I post)
Beth
