Birds

I have woven a set of birds on the same warp as the caladium leaves. There were a lot of skipped threads due to the Megado shafts needing adjustment which has been done. Before reweaving the piece, I decided to try other wefts rather than 2/10 cotton. Above are shown four. From the top, a lurexy red thread which turned out to be space dyed with blue so the bird disappears in places. Verdict no use. Second a similar thread but is purple - not space dyed. Verdict Hmphh!. Third is a red boucle man-made yarn which is surprisingly effective. I like this. The last is a straight silver lurex. The problem with lurex is that all the weft has to be lurex (I think). The red boucle is just a small ball of yarn and is kept with other small balls. I could get two rows of birds out of it. Tomorrow I will investigate the larger cones of manmade fibre in the large boxes and see if there is anything else I could use. I am sure there is a mid-blue.