I have warped with colors to create a stripe or plaid. What was used for the warp to make the stripe show and disappear in this fabric?

 

Green scarf fabricScarf fringe to see warp

 

Comments

Tue, 08/09/2016 - 21:47

Queezle

My guess is that the stripe is muted because of your sett.

Wed, 08/10/2016 - 16:56

danteen (not verified)

It looks like you wove with chenille.  When wet finished, the fluffy parts of the chenille yarn intermingle and sort of cover each other over.

Also, if you threaded only one end for a stripe, it would only show every other pick in plain weave like a row of dots.  If you want a solid line you need two ends to a stripe.  It is hard to see the details of your dark fabric, though it looks luscious.

Teena Tuenge

Wed, 08/10/2016 - 18:09

SusanBH

What a beautiful textile this is! It's even woven and the selvedges look perfect.  Is it a scarf?  Like TeenaI also wondered if the nap of the chenille obscures the strips.  Do you suppose if the stripes were significantly different in value from the body of the textile they would stand out more?

Wed, 08/10/2016 - 20:48

10ashus

This was not a fabric I wove. I was curious how it was done because I wanted that effect. I wish I could weave that well.

Goal: use the weft to create a peek-a-boo effect for the warp. Now you see the accent colors; now you don't. 

Queezle's idea about chenille, with it's varied thickness, is good.

I have not worked with Wool yet. I did read you can get different looks by how gentle or rough you treat it during the wet finish process.

Sat, 09/03/2016 - 04:35

10ashus

I saw a similar fabric in The Weaver's Idea Book (page 20). Warp was several deep colors of 5/2 pearl cotton in a 12 dent reed. The weft, a heavier weight wool, was used to mute the colors. The weft color appeared to be natural (a soft white).

I thought the heavier weft would dominate. It does not. Warp and weft colors are dominant at random.

Sample fabric

Image credit: The Weaver's Idea Book by Jane Patrick