This shawl, which is one of my favorites, is woven on a 2/28 nm silk warp dyed in 29 colors, with a black cashmere yarn of about the same weight as weft. The colors are so close to each other that visually they are almost indistinguishable, producing a very nice gradual fade from turquoise to fuchsia and back again.
This kind of gradual color change has been so successful that I am embarking on a new adventure: dyeing a full color wheel in 60/2 silk, in gradually changing colors! I estimate that it will take about 120 skeins to get all the way around the color wheel, but fortunately I have enough 60/2 silk on hand that I can do it. Then I can REALLY play!
A black-and-white rendition of the pattern for Black Jewel
An in-progress photo. I love the way the colors look in the warp!
Closeup of the center part of the shawl. (Courtesy Joe Decker, Rockslide Photography.)
"Black Jewel", full view
Another photo of the finished shawl. (Courtesy Joe Decker, Rockslide Photography.)