This was a fun weave. I was able to weave 2 scarves and a short piece from this warp. The weaving was easy. The only problem I had was a few shafts that would raise when they were not suppose to.
I tried to tighten the springs on those shafts but, I still got some lifting. I needed to push them down while weaving. When I took the scarves off there were a few floats to repair on the back that was caused by the shafts lifting, before I noticed the problem.
The color mixing on this weave has a lot of iridescence. Some of the blocks that I thought were creating ugly color mixes actually make some of the best iridescences. Instead of mixing the colors to create another color, each of the colors remain separate depending on your view. As an example: the lemon yellow and red would mix to make a brownish color, but with the iridescences it shows either yellow or red as the fabric moves.
The Ming blue crossed with red-purple looks great and is my favorite. Now I want to weave a large cloth with just the iridescent colors.
To learn more about iridescence in weaving, I read Bobbie Irwin's book. This is the only book I have found to teach how to get iridescence into your weaving. She describes what iridescence is and what colors will produce it. Great book!
Click on the blue link to go to Amazon to learn more about it.
Weaving Iridescence: Color Play for the Handweaver
