I've been plodding away through the planning, measuring, tying, threading, and tensioning process, all the while wondering if my woven fabric will turn out like the idea in my head. Often it does not! So I was a little excited to finally get the warp on the loom and start weaving the header.
My idea is to use the threading of the
Dornik Herringbone Throw Rug to create a design feature on a coordinating runner rug using the same threading. The throw rug was twill, but I noticed something when I did a plain weave header for it.
The runner header reveals that, indeed, my idea works, and also that I will get the somewhat plaid like look I wanted by using the variegated yarn for both warp and weft.
Except.
Except this one green stripe that shows the same plain weave under and over pattern. I'm not sure why! I did correct some threading when I worked out where the stripes ought to be and tied on the new warp. But there was no way to catch this until I started weaving.
What am I going to do about it? Nothing. It's just the one stripe and for my purposes it doesn't matter. I can call it a design feature if anyone notices, which I doubt they will.
The finished rug will probably have more white than is desirable for a rug, but I got the yarn for the blue, green, and yellow bits to match my quilted bedspread curtains.
I'll have weaving details in my next post.
