Winter Leaves: Sample #4 (The Winner?)

 This one is actually the backside of sample #2, which I discovered with a mirror when I was examining sample #3. 

Could be leaves. Could be feathers!

It required a little tweaking; I 

1. Retied my treadles the opposite of what they were before (very easy to do with my new lamm-top treadle tie-up system.) This put the back of the fabric on the top.
2. Reversed the treadling order to give the leaves a "right side up" appearance.

I'm quite happy with this sample. I like that the white weft outlines the leaves and ribs of the leaf, even though perhaps the white makes it harder to make out the leaves. 

I'm wondering if a darker color would outline the leaves better, although I like the white because it's the color of snow. The other option would be darker warp colors, but then muted is the color of winter as well. I do like that the random winter color palette for the warp is much more prominent than in the other samples. This is more the look I was wanting from the beginning.

I'm definitely happy with Sample #4. Onward!

Winter Leaves: Sample #4 (The Winner?)

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Winter Leaves: Sample #3

 Woven with a lighter weight weft.

Warp: 8/2 cottons in four colors

Weft: 8/2 cotton in white

Sett: 20 e.p.i.

PPI: 28

Initially, I thought the pattern might be less pronounced with the same weight weft as warp. But I think it works nicely.

Out of curiosity, I grabbed a hand mirror to take a peek at the underside. 

Sample #3 on top, sample #2 (heavier weft) on bottom.

And if I turn the photo upside down?

Flipped, sample #2 is on the top and #3 is on the bottom.

I think I may have found my leaves. 

Winter Leaves: Sample #3 © 2026

by Leigh at Leigh's Fiber Journal

Winter Leaves: Sample #2

Sample #2

Yarns are cotton.

Warp is in 8/2s.

Weft is 6/2.

Sett is 20 e.p.i.

The difference between this sample and the first one is the beat. Sample #1 was beat with an open shed, sample #2 with a closed shed. I'm experimenting because with my table loom, the open shed beat makes for a better structure. On this loom, the opposite is true. Every loom is different. 

Picks per inch here is 28.

The warp colors blend nicely to a wintry leaf brown. Closeup, the 4 warp colors can be picked out.

Combined with the white weft I think it works well for winter leaves.

I like the pattern but I still have the same question - does it look like leaves?

Winter Leaves: Sample #2 © 2026

by Leigh at Leigh's Fiber Journal

Winter Leaves: Sample #1

Four inches of my first leaf motif color scheme (winter) woven. I'm experimenting with the beat and the rhythm of the treadling.  On my my table loom, I beat the weft shot with an open shed because it looks better. For this sample, beating with the shed open gave me 13 picks per inch 

I can kind of see leaves. Maybe they are upside down? I'll try a firmer beat next.

Yarns are cotton.

Warp is in 8/2s.

Weft is 6/2.

Sett is 20 e.p.i.

Winter Leaves: Sample #1 © 2026

by Leigh at Leigh's Fiber Journal

At Last

 Threaded, tensioned, and header woven! I'm finally ready to test weft yarns.

At Last © 2026 by Leigh

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