I have been weaving samples from a collection of late 18th century drafts. They are not really patterned but textured. A four shaft example that I did had a ribbed effect on the back and you can see why from the draft. There are long weft floats and these will make the warp threads bunch up on the back.
The sample was done in white warp and weft and 20/2 yarn..
You can see the dark blue cotton weft between the coloured warp stripes.
The sample was done in white warp and weft and 20/2 yarn..
The above is a photo of the back of the sample. My thought was to weave using a space dyed Tencel which has a long repeat and that means if you used it for warp, you would get weft stripes, albeit narrow. I thought that would look horrid and is the reason I still have this lovely yarn (From Just Our Yarns in the USA). I could not think of what to do to preserve the lovely colours. This way of using it so the colour is in the warp seemed to be the answer.
I am in complete agreement in placing the varigated yarn in the warp, and for the same reasons. The photo with a navy weft on a varigated warp is lovely! Speckles of color instead of stripes.
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