{"id":5563,"date":"2024-01-28T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T17:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/?p=5563"},"modified":"2024-01-26T09:03:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T17:03:16","slug":"design-with-me-kathys-snow-dyed-warp-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/design-with-me-kathys-snow-dyed-warp-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Design with me: Kathy’s Snow Dyed Warp – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hi Weaving Friends!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have had a warp sitting in a bin for a while (OK, I will \u2018fess up, I dyed this warp in February 2023), and I FINALLY have time to weave it up.  I thought that it would be fun to have you join me, as I go through the design process for a project like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now I don\u2019t dye that often, and my results can be a little\u2026.unpredictable, so I usually go into a dye project with much less of a plan than other projects, but I like it that way!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I knew that I wanted a scarf or a shawl, so I chose how I was going to wind the warp accordingly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time, I measured 8 chains of tencel that each have 48 ends in them. 48 ends, at my usual sett of 24, gives 2\u201d bouts that fit into my sectional beam, and eight 2-inch sections would give me 16\u201d in the reed. If I needed to change the sett, the width might change slightly, I\u2019d still get a reasonable scarf or shawl width. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Of course, I didn\u2019t take the notes that I normally do for this warp. Probably, because I INTENDED to weave it up right away, and of course<\/em> I would remember all the details, and not get distracted with other projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SPOILER: I did NOT in fact remember the details OR weave it right away. This is why I am generally a large proponent of taking good and detailed notes for warps, as they are made, including all pertinent details.  These notes should<\/em> be kept with the warp, until the warp is used, thus enabling the weaver to quickly figure out just what the heck they had planned for that warp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

So I searched the photos on my phone. (phones with cameras are GREAT ways to document things for later memory lapses.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had dyed it with Imperial Purple, Electric Blue, and Lime Pop FR dyes, from Dharma. Blue and purple are favourite colours of mine, and I remember that I took a quick look at my colour wheel, and saw that yellow would make a split compliment colour relationship. BUT I don\u2019t love yellow, and I knew that when dyeing, yellow and blue will end up making some green, so I short cirucuited that idea, and chose a green. Lime pop is a bright colour that I like a lot, so that is what I picked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\"Image<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n

 I scoured the chains first, then soaked them in a soda ash bath. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to my photo log (let\u2019s hear it for smartphone cameras!), I laid them  in the bottom of a clear bin, and generously sprinkled dye directly on the top of the chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I then covered the chains, and dye, with a generous amount of fluffy snow from my back deck, (living in Canada does have a few benefits, like snow, for what seems like 16 months a year) and set the bin in a corner of the kitchen floor for 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Most of the time when I snow dye, I layer yarn, snow, THEN the dye, but I recall feeling a little rebellious that day, and decided to do it a different way.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I opened the bin, this is what I found:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I saw that I had gone a little overboard with the Lime Pop, as some of the powder hadn\u2019t dissolved, but I had intentionally put a bit more than I thought was necessary, because I really wanted that lime to show up in the final warp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I rinsed the chains, and was VERY happy (not to mention surprised) at how many colour variations I had achieved!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\"warp<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The time has come for me to weave it up, and I invite you to join me along the way!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, I will be considering what draft I want to use, and also considering what colours of weft might be good choices. I know that I will want to use wefts that I already have in the studio, but honestly, that doesn\u2019t narrow it down a whole lot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The warp makes me think of images of the galaxy, and the northern lights, like these:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Collage<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n

I have a 10 shaft loom, but I think for this one I will stick to 8 shafts or less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What draft you would choose for this warp? <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Hi Weaving Friends! I have had a warp sitting in a bin for a while (OK, I will \u2018fess up, I dyed this warp in February 2023), and I FINALLY have time to weave it up.  I thought that it would be fun to have you join me, as I go through the design process […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-color","category-design-process"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5563"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5565,"href":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5563\/revisions\/5565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}