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A finer weft

Thanks for all the suggestions!  After thinking it over, I decided that I agreed with Peg’s comment that “weaving something I don’t like as much as the sample” was just not in me, so I opted to sacrifice the two feet I’d already woven in hopes of getting something better.  Sandra’s suggestion of using a finer weft struck me as the least invasive option, so I started with that.  I wove a few test inches at lunchtime…

And it worked!!  I substituted some 140/2 silk that I had bought remaindered (at the steal price of $15/lb!), and it worked beautifully.  The aspect ratio is now almost exactly that of the sample.  Here is a photo (click to see the larger version):

Samples for the wedding dress fabric. On the left, the original sample; right top (above gold line), sample using 140/2 silk as weft; right bottom (below gold line), sample using 60/2 silk as weft.
Samples for the wedding dress fabric. On the left, the original sample; right top (above gold line), sample using 140/2 silk as weft; right bottom (below gold line), sample using 60/2 silk as weft.

As an added bonus, using 140/2 silk as weft will make the fabric thinner, which is a good thing considering that I was worrying about it being too thick/hot.  A double win!

So this is what I will be doing for the remainder of the piece.  Good thing I bought about 4 lbs of 140/2 silk!  That should be more than plenty.  So not only do I have something to do with the 140/2 silk I was wondering what to do with, I can save some of that 60/2 silk to play with in future projects! 🙂

Back to work!

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