{"id":7042,"date":"2016-02-05T13:12:27","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T18:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=7042"},"modified":"2016-02-04T16:35:06","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T21:35:06","slug":"first-painted-warp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2016\/02\/first-painted-warp\/","title":{"rendered":"First painted warp"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ll be darned if I can get these scarves to photograph with real-life colors. It just is what it is.<\/p>\n

After I got the first of my painted warps beamed, I had several personal and family things call me away from the loom. I finally got it threaded in an undulating twill pattern, a slight modification of one I’ve used before. I especially like undulating twill with ‘watery’ colors. For the first scarf I chose a weft that’s the same as one of the very thin solid stripes I added to the warp, an azure blue. I love the way it looks, and with both the coral and dark stripes it has a very under-the-sea feel. (Reminder-the colors here are NOT accurate.)<\/p>\n

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After much deliberation, I chose a baby blue weft for the second scarf. It’s okay, but not as appealing as the azure…at least while they’re on the loom. Sometimes my eyes like things differently when the pieces are done.<\/p>\n

But here’s the real problem.<\/p>\n

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After it goes over the breast beam those weft threads are irregularly separating. I’ve tried every strategy I know to eliminate the problem:<\/p>\n