I'm reaching back to a post I did in April..... called Permission to Play. Sorry to the long wait but it's been a busy spring and now its summer. Hubby was not well shortly after that post and spent 4-5 days in hospital so everything was paused. He's okay now thankfully but he does like to keep me on my toes.
This picture might refresh your memory from when I wound the warp on. It was about seeing what I could do with one inch of left over painted warp from an older project. I saved one end in case of breakages, and the other 24 end became the one inch in the middle. My draft was a 12 shaft twill progression, modified from a 16 shaft version, so this way there are two repeats in the one inch.
I had been doubly blessed with greyed blue tencel. I ordered one but received and apparently paid for two. I goofed up I guess so will be more careful going forward with my ordering at Webs. I paired it with blueberry and layer with a transition sort of mid way. The painted warp stripe looked 'blah' so I perked it up with a soft pale gold on either side.
To be truthful, I should have left then both sides solid blue's and just use the stripe to separate them, but that's hindsight....
I took many pictures of the scarves under way on the loom and they all came out looking very grey, with no hint of blue. I couldn't work out what I was doing wrong and then I saw this meme on FB about optics.
I wondered about taking pictures later when it was all finished.... but while some turned a weird grey brown, I did get some that were okay. Still not as good as the real scarves but ....
I used greyed blue tencel as weft for the first scarf and this one is my favourite. The painted warp strip has colours that shift from plums and blues to bronze and moss green and you can only really see it up close and in person. The one thing that does sparkle is the gold. I'm glad I added it.
So of the three pictures shown above, the first one is the best for colour..... but all three look different. There's that optical weirdness thing happening.
The second scarf I used navy tencel as I couldn't see any other suitable choice. Even with the darker blue it also photographed different in each picture. These are the best and closest, with the first being the best of the bunch.
So that ended the 'permission to play' project and it was time to move to something new. Here's an 8 shaft version of my modified draft. (the 16 shaft version is also at handweaving.net)
We are staying close to home this summer and really enjoying our back yard and new wildlife.....
Our two resident rabbits enjoying some relaxation time. Our garter snake must have moved on.
Clematis
Clustered Bell flower
Honeysuckle on the back fence
Peonies were spectacular !
Irises
We are tackling small 'fix-it' jobs around the house. Just little things such as new heat registers, fresh caulking on kitchen sink, new drawer pull knobs, a lick of paint here and there. Little things that draw the eye and once fixed they fall back into obscurity. I'm also carefully going through drawers, closets and downsizing.... seriously downsizing. We are going to assess the real estate market once again next spring and see about finding a smaller home and yard. It's time, so 🤞 The markets and interest rates might settle down by then. A lot can happen between now and then, but it feels good to start preparing. It's turning into a buyers market here but we know our worth very well and we're very patient.....
Back soon.... with another weaving post. Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦 😎 🍹
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