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May 29, 2010 by Tien Chiu

Oh my.

Yesterday I started playing (via Photoshop) with graduated colors in the weft.  And look what I came up with!

simulation of graduated color weft
simulation of graduated color weft

Here there are still two wefts, both changing colors, but on different cycles.  Weft A (weaving with the blue warp) goes from fuchsia to turquoise and back again.  Weft B (weaving with the yellow warp) does the same, but with two complete cycles from  fuchsia to turquoise.

Isn’t that GORGEOUS???

After I had done it, it occurred to me that I actually had a dark turquoise warp, so I did another simulation, only with turquoise:

simulation 2 - turquoise warp
simulation 2 - turquoise warp

Not quite as nice in my opinion, but pleasing nonetheless.  So I will definitely be trying this (possibly first!).

I also figured out what I was doing wrong with the networked doubleweave, thanks to Pat Stewart.  I like the look of the blocks better, as the threading forces the networked liftplan into blocky curves, but will probably do some network drafted work out of curiosity if nothing else.

And now, off to do some tapestry work!  I’m woefully behind on my tapestry “homework” and need to put in some solid hours of work to catch up.  Later today I’ll start threading up the floor loom so I can weave some of these luscious doubleweave patterns!

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Filed Under: All blog posts, textiles, weaving Tagged With: doubleweave, doubleweave shawls, gradient colors

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  1. Ruth Temple says

    May 29, 2010 at 11:38 am

    Those. are. Gorgeous.

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