In progress

Last weekend at the 10th anniversary celebration for Weaving Indiana, the others brought in their challenge projects of gamps, all in bright colors. I finally warped my tabletop loom with six shades of naturally colored cotton: green, unbleached natural, oatmeal, khaki, caramel, and buffalo, with a second panel of green for a border.  When it's done, I'll simmer it about a half hour until the colors darken, and then those colors are supposed to stay the darker shades. Fun experiment!

 Warping black is not fun, but when I saw this medieval pattern, I thought it would look great with the black pattern and plum for the background, and so it is. I was thrilled to see the first repeats develop.

 Here are the right and "wrong" sides.

I have a six-yard warp, so I'll have a medieval dress before the winter is over!

Four-harness to Eight-harness

 After the last post, I wove very quickly! Here you can see the right and wrong sides of the fabric.

 Now, here is the "wrong" side.

 Here you can see the transition from the red and white to the blue and white. (Oops! I made mistakes in the weaving of the first blue and white repeat.)

 This is the right side.

 This is the "wrong" side

 Now, both sides after felting. I definitely prefer the "wrong" side with the slightly raised white interlacing.

 And after felting, the rosette really recedes, but the "wrong" side has a fleur de lys appearance.

 Yes, they really were made with the same threading of the warp!

 The blue and white had an 82-row repeat, which I had to separate into two pieces and mark the working row with a sticky arrow.

Ah, dreams of the next 8-harness draft!

Happy New Year! May you fulfill many of your fiber hopes and find wonderfully unexpected ones!