{"id":6033,"date":"2015-02-08T20:45:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T01:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=6033"},"modified":"2015-02-08T20:45:53","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T01:45:53","slug":"theres-always-a-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2015\/02\/theres-always-a-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"There’s always a first time"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have bought many dozens of tubes of cotton from Maurice Brassard since I started weaving baby wraps. I’ve commented to the staff at The Woolery, where I order from, about the fact that there’s never any difference in dye lots. In fact, the yarn isn’t even marked with dye lots. If I order magenta yarn in July and again in January, I can interchange those two yarns with no problem – they are always the same.<\/p>\n

Until now. I started weaving AM’s custom wrap with royal blue. I got about 40″ woven when I finished one tube and started another. Uh oh! Quite a difference between these 2 blues – your eye catches it immediately.<\/p>\n

I exchanged emails with A discussing the problem and proposing a few different solutions. In the end, she decided she would pass on the wrap. No problem, I’m sure I can find another buyer in a flash. So I got to decide how I would weave the rest of the wrap.<\/p>\n

I decided to weave 3 heart motifs in chambray, a very pale blue, and then 44″ in navy. Now almost at the center, I’d weave 5″ of chambray, another 44″ of navy, 3 more heart motifs in chambray, and finish with 40″ of the second dye lot of that royal. It will be hardly noticeable that the dye lots are different. I will, of course, make that clear to potential buyers.<\/p>\n

\"weft<\/a><\/p>\n

While I was in discussion with A my weaving was at a standstill. I took advantage of the opportunity to put a rayon chenille warp on my little counterbalance loom to weave some cityscape scarves. I got one done before I had A’s final decision and could go back to the Macomber and the baby wraps.<\/p>\n

\"2015<\/a><\/p>\n

Tomorrow I’ll finish the remaining 40″ on the not-AM wrap & start weaving HF’s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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