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July 17, 2010 by Tien Chiu Leave a Comment

Take two

Eight or nine hours of obsessive weaving has produced this second “take”.  The photos, alas, do not do justice to the depth and saturation of the colors – they’re deep jewel shades that practically glow.  But here they are:

Second handwoven doubleweave shawl, blue/purple side, full view
Second handwoven doubleweave shawl, blue/purple side, full view
Second handwoven doubleweave shawl, orange side, full view
Second handwoven doubleweave shawl, orange side, full view

And here are the closeups:

Second handwoven doubleweave shawl, orange side, end view
Second handwoven doubleweave shawl, orange side, end view
Second handwoven doubleweave shawl, orange side, center view
Second handwoven doubleweave shawl, orange side, center view
Second handwoven doubleweave shawl, blue/purple side, end view
Second handwoven doubleweave shawl, blue/purple side, end view
Second handwoven doubleweave shawl, blue/purple side, center view
Second handwoven doubleweave shawl, blue/purple side, center view

I like this a LOT better.

For this variation, I eliminated both the striped background and the progression from 1/3 to 3/1 twills in the pattern squares.  Instead, the pattern squares are entirely 1/3 twills, 25% warp and 75% weft showing.  This was to maximize the visibility of the color-gradient wefts in the foreground.

I also decided to tone down the color changes in the background, so as not to compete with the foreground for attention.  So on the blue/purple side, I made the background a 2/2 twill (50% warp and 50% weft showing).  This allowed the blue warp to tone down the color changes a bit, while still leaving them quite visible. Because blue and fuchsia/purple are about equal strength, I “mixed” the colors in equal proportions.

On the gold/orange side, however, I made it a 3/1 twill (75% warp, 25% weft showing) so the gold warp would dominate.  Since yellow is such a weak color relative to red, I figured adding even a small amount of red would still shift the color.  And that is exactly what happened.  I think next time, though, I may try it with 2/2 twill (a 50-50 ratio) – I’d like to see even more reds in the background on the orange/yellow side.

Off to bed!  My flight to Albuquerque leaves at 2pm tomorrow and I haven’t even started packing yet.  Lots to do tomorrow!

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