Reflections

This weave has the same threading as I used for my Convergence yardage entry. But the draft is now completely different, although still based on an advancing twill. I got very interested in this drafting scheme when attending a course in Chesham by Bonnie Inouye on 'The Big Twill'. The piece is intended to be submitted for the Association Exhibition 2010 which has the theme of 'Kaleidoscope'.  My plan was to have four sections in the weft, each repeat of 160 picks being in a colour which was used in the warp. The weft colours are shown on their pirns and are, from the bottom, silver grey, light green, dusky pink and dark blue. The weave shown also runs from light grey at the bottom to dark blue at the top. If you look carefully, you can see that there is a pattern reversal between the grey and green and between the pink and blue. Hence my saying it is a 'Kaleidoscope'. My objection to this weave is that you can hardly see the difference between the grey and the green and the reflected pattern does not show up well  in those two colours. I also have to say that the idea of yards of this stripey stuff fills me with horror. What would one do with it? Making cushions is all I can come up with.

I have changed my mind completely. The draft stays the same with the same pattern reversals, it is woven in one colour only and is called 'Reflections'. The trouble is that, while I was weaving it, I thought the dusky pink was really good and, while I was weaving the dark blue, I thought that was best too. What I have to decide is which I would prefer if I made a shirt out of the final yardage. The pink would be exciting, the blue elegant. If I am going to weave yards of this stuff, finish it and take its photograph before March 1st, I shall have to decide in the next day or two. I shall print out the photo and pin it up somewhere so I see it often. Any opinions will be gratefully received.