Making decisions on how to place blues and greens in a satin and plain weave scarf. Limited colors on each presents a planning challenge on how to distribute the colors. The greenish grey on the left is green acorns. It is the neutral that I will use as weft. Silk is Habu A-4. All colors natural dyed with woad, japanese indigo, and acorns
I decided to keep it plain and simple and just use the stripe satin with the plain weave. The stripes are too strong for the curves and don't add anything. I think curves should be in a solid color warp with another color weft. Surprisingly enough in the sample you can see that the acorn color I planned to use as weft wasn't effective so I decided to add to the indigo theme and use my japanese indigo weft. It looks much better. Final piece is on the loom and I am winding another warp to tie onto before I cut and photograph the indigo/woad scarf.
Your colors are so beautiful.You have inspired me to try natural dyes.I'm fairly new to fibers and am still experimenting with synthetic dyes.I love silk the best-it's the shimmer.Any suggestions on books for the beginner natural dyer-the ones I've purchased so far are a little intimidating.
Deborah J, sorry, I did not get a notification that you had commented on my work. Thanks so much for your comments. I think the best book is Rita Buchanen's book http://www.amazon.com/Dyers-Garden-Rita-...
and Jenny Dean's http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Color-Revised-Updated-Complete/dp/0823058794
Both books cover different subjects very very well and are valuable resources, there are many others that you can get from library loan but I think these two are the best comtemporary resources for a beginner. Enjoy! Deb Mc
