Sample woven for a larger project. Woven on an 8H Dundas table loom using 8/2 Cotlin from Webs.
Very nice I like the colors.
I used a lot of different colors so I could choose the ones I liked best together....Thanks again...JR
This particular color and weave effect is fun to weave because I think you can get a lot of different effects when you change the treadling and shuttle order, but this one was my favorite too. (Check the Strickler 8-shaft book for more options.)
GREAT colors. (Your sampler would even make a great towel!) And I love it that you *sampled*! I am willing to bet your final project will be much improved and you'll be a lot happier with it because you took the time to sample!
You are very wise to sample. I love this pattern, and made it with tencel without a sample...13 yard warp with no sampling. It was maybe me 3rd weaving project of my life, and I didn't even know of the concept of sampling. Anyway, my 8/2 tencel, turned out to be little footballs, instead of a pinwheel effect--I suspect the slippery nature of the tencel caused the pattern to kind of collapse on itself. Also my colors did not contrast enough for a color and weave effect...so I got 5 scarves of this drab colored football material. It was torture weaving all of these scarves and not liking what I was weaving! The scarves still sit in my drawer, fringe untwisted, abandonded. Abandoned little footballs. :-)
I now sample all the time, and usually make useful towels out of my samples, or keep them for learning/planning.
Just wanted to share...nice work!
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How true...how true.....I've learned my lessons, early on, about sampling...so unless I really know how the project will look...I sample. Thanks for all the lovely comments....Judy
