Sample #2 for my Big and Little Brother Blankets
- Yarns: Hobby Lobby Baby Bee Sweet Delight
- Yarn size: sport weight
- Sett: 10 e.p.i.
- PPI: 10
- Structure: Plain weave
- Pattern: Every third warp end is solid green. The other two and the weft are the multi-color variegated yarn.
- Width
- on loom: 15.5 inches
- after finishing: 14 inches
- Length: since it's a sample, I didn't measure the length
- Wet finishing: same as sample #1
- Weaving notes:
- When I measured the warp, I used two variegated skeins starting with the same color, so the colors were wound in pairs.
- Other than that, I didn't line up the yarn's color changes for either warp or weft in any planned way; the color changes were long enough to create the plaid look as it is.
It definitely has a different look than sample #1.
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| close-up of sample #2 |
The solid green stripes break up areas of solid color. Even though I didn't
plan the plaid, you can see from the first photo that a definite repeatable
plaid emerges from simply using the yarn as it comes off the skein.
I like plaids, but I think the close-up view is more interesting than see it
from afar.
4 comments:
Really beautiful!
Thanks Linda! It's a lot of fun to weave. I really enjoy watching how the colors work out and reveal themselves.
It is a very gentle colour transition to the eye.
TB, it is. Most plaids have pinstripes, but this pattern doesn't. I'm wondering what it would look like with solid green pinstripes to highlight the color changes. As always, one idea leads to another!
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