{"id":9333,"date":"2019-01-06T11:32:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T16:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=9333"},"modified":"2019-01-06T11:32:51","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T16:32:51","slug":"more-miscellanea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2019\/01\/more-miscellanea\/","title":{"rendered":"More miscellanea"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the last post I realized I received one more photogenic Christmas gift.<\/p>\n

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

Cool, isn’t it?!<\/p>\n

And here are shots of those finished towels. Reminder, I used 8\/4 cotton for both warp and weft, sett at 12 EPI. <\/p>\n

\"white<\/a>

8\/4 all over huck, white weft<\/p><\/div>\n

\"striped<\/a>

8\/4 striped weft, all over huck<\/p><\/div>\n

After those 2 all-over huck towels, I tried one alternating huck treadling with plain weave treadling. It wasn’t clear on the loom, but alternating huck and plain weave ended up creating a sort of waviness to the towel, since the shrinkage wasn’t consistent. I *should* have been able to anticipate that. Sigh.<\/p>\n

\"white<\/a>

8\/4 huck and plain weave alternating, white weft<\/p><\/div>\n

Then I wove one in plain weave. As other weavers have reported, LOTS of tracking. (For non-weavers, tracking in plain weave is when it appears that there is texture and\/or twill lines that don’t really exist.) I actually like it, but others may not.<\/p>\n

\"white<\/a>

8\/4 plain weave, striped weft<\/p><\/div>\n

Then I got tired of the white weft and used yellow for the last 2 towels.<\/p>\n

\"yellow<\/a>

8\/4 yellow weft, alternating huck and plain weave<\/p><\/div>\n

\"yellow<\/a>

8\/4 yellow weft, alternating huck and plain weave, alternate tie up<\/p><\/div>\n

That last towel is my least favorite. <\/p>\n

So, would I use 8\/4 again for towels? The answer is maybe. I like the ‘beefy’ feel of the towels, although they are a bit stiff. I’ve now put them through the washer and dryer twice, once on their own and once with a load of my clothes. I may do a third. We’ll see.<\/p>\n

On the next-up front, it was time to audition wefts for the planned circle shawl with the hand painted warp. I was surprised by what I saw\/learned.<\/p>\n

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

From bottom to top<\/p>\n