Revisions

The red skein did indeed have a few dye sites left available, and is now a deep berry red. I'll be happier with it this hue.

The warp is threaded, and I've begun sleying the reed. Then it'll be time to wind the wefts onto cones and start weaving!

The Dyepots Have Been Busy

I'm trying to queue up a series of projects. First up is based on a cardinal red warp of commercially-dyed 20/2 rayon, destined to be woven in multishaft crackle using a group of hand-dyed analogous wefts.

The weft skein across the top of the second photo is still the same hue as the warp, but will soon be overdyed in a deep purple. That is, if it still has any available dye sites left. It's pretty saturated already, but at least I can nudge it a bit darker. The other weft hanks were all overdyed from a cone of the same rayon that arrived here in light bubblegum pink, and has been converted to various darker colors during it's stay in my studio.

The red warp has enough yardage for 3 scarf-length pieces, and 3 shorter pieces (either cowls or table runners).

The project following that will be a series of 10 towels using an interleaved threading on 20/2 unmercerized cotton. The additional warp density should make the towels a little more absorbent.

From left, Warp B, Warp A, 2 blue wefts and 2 green wefts. The rightmost weft didn't come out of the pot dark enough, so it is destined for another dye process.

Towel #10

Finally, the last one on the warp. Another design from handweaving.net, one that places diagonal stripes over the warp stripes.

I'm looking forward to the next warp, but don't know exactly what it will be, yet.

Upholstery (Though Not Jacquard)

The Doctor speaks Weavish! This chenille upholstery was spotted on a recent visit to a doctor's office. The area where my phone made a darker shadow on the cloth is more true to the actual color - sort of a light caramel chenille on black chenille. Deflected double weave?

Seven Towels Cut Off Loom

The first seven towels have been cut off the loom, and are being mended, washed, hemmed, and pressed for the Central Coast Weavers sale this weekend.

The remaining warp is still on the loom, with towel #9 currently being woven:

Towel #8

This one has two faces, one is squiggles in the warp strip colors on a ground of cerise red weft:

The other face is the opposite, with cerise squiggles over the warp stripe colors:

I haven't decided which I prefer. That decision might have to wait until the towels have been washed and pressed. Then I can choose which way the hems will be turned.

Votes?

And Number Seven

This is #7, as I see it while I weave. The reverse is quite different; I think I like the wrong side better than the right!

The weft is a 2-ply, dark charcoal, cotton the same grist as the warp.