Water Series Skeins

The skeins of warp and weft thread for the upcoming water series are dyed, dried, and ready to wind onto cones. The colors should do a great job of evoking water.



From left, they are:
Warp A, dark royal blue, 50/2 silk from Henry's Attic
Warp B, light aqua blue, 50/2 silk
Weft 1, emerald green 100/2 silk from a supplier in the UK
Weft 2, teal blue 100/2 silk
Weft 3, blue-grey 100/2 silk (perfect storm-at-sea color)
Weft 4, blue-violet 100/2 silk
Weft 5, forest green 100/2 silk

The warp will be sett at 72 epi. The last time I used the 50/2 for an interleaved threading, I sett it at 65 and the resulting cloth was a little too spongy. Not quite sleazy, but not a smooth enough surface for the water theme. I think 72 epi will suit it better.

Besides, 65 epi is a challenge for me. For that, I use a 15-dent reed and sley 4,5,4,4,5,4 etc. which gave me 5 groups of 13 ends per inch = 65. However, with an interleaved threading, it's usually easier (by which I mean less error-prone) if I can dent several groups of the color order per dent, not odd combinations which always seem to result in sleying errors. Since 72 is evenly divisible by 2, I can dent 3 groups of 2 (warpA+warpB) together in a 12-dent reed and have a better chance of doing it right.

There's nothing more frustrating than doing something once and then discovering you have to do it again right...

More as the project goes along.