08-04-2019

Spend the last couple days calculating needed amounts of each color, and skeining off the 5/2 and thick weft. (I’ve got properly colored thin weft already).

Then, after much obsessive reading and internet study, and a whole lot of procrastinating, blended some dyes and dyed the 4 shades of burgundy.

Used tienchiu’s dyeing equations to work it out. I find much of the other Procion dyeing protocols to be too loosy-goosey, and not reproducible.

FYI, the burgundy is 2 parts fuschia, 1 part rust brown, over ETC natural 5/2 perle cotton.

Used the low immersion dye technique.

08-06-2019

All the warp and thick weft yarn dyeing complete. Reconsidering using the 8/2 in brilliant blue for the thin weft. Maybe some of the greens I have in the stash will work better.

09-14-2019

Weaving went better today. My overall plan was some mats and a table runner. Finished the first mat. Learning - the thin weft (rep alternates a thick weft with a thin weft) I was using was too thick. I didn’t like the look much. Started the second mat (this one will be the “experimental” patterning), using sewing thread for the thin weft. Ever so much better.

09-15-2019

Final day of the Rep weaving workshop. Administratively, we were out of the room before 5, only 1 lost and found (someone left their WEAVING! Friend took it.), and the key was successfully returned.

Today we explored rep floats. I finished the first of 2 table toppers, and started in on the table runner.

Still having fun with the Cavandoli knots.

Also liking the rep skeleton tie-up, which lets me weave any combination of the 16 possible tie-ups.

09-20-2019

Done. Washed. Fringe cut. They’ll do :-)

09-20-2019

Thoughts for next time - blend the colors across to avoid the hard color changes.