Threading the 1st heddle
I used green and light blue 3/2 cotton along with narrow strips of Zauberball Crazy ball in holly blue.
I played around a bit on the beginning of the warp trying to figure out what weaving structure and weft best showed off the color changes in the Zauberball.
I ultimately decided to go with two heddle weaving instead of doubleweave because the doubleweave fabric seemed a bit more open than I would like. I used the Zauberball as the weft. This produced a dense fabric with a very subtle color change.
After weaving about a yard and a half, I got bored and changed my mind (as usual) and decided to weave the rest of the warp with tubular doubleweave. This is still using the Zauberball as the weft, but the color change is much more pronounced.
Here are a few inches in tubular doubleweave (see below for instructions). As you can see, there are some tension issues with this warp 😢 I was surprised that the 3/2 cotton was so stretchy. Instead of worrying about the warp tension, I just went for it, being mindful of catching errant threads and not beating the weft too hard.
Well, here is the fabric off the loom.
No matter how many pictures I take, I can't capture the colors in this weaving. You'll have to take my word for it, it's really cool.
Closeup of several different patterns on one two heddle warp and two weft colors.
I hope to wash and machine stitch these placemats tomorrow, so keep looking for pictures.
Next project, cotton towels with 8/8 cotton.
Happy Weaving!
Tubular Doubleweave
With two heddles threaded....
1. Place both heddles in down position.
Take pickup stick and pick up every thread. Turn stick on edge. Place another pickup stick in the new shed and slide to back of loom.
2. Both heddles up. Sliced 1st pick up stick just behind heddles. Place 2nd pickup stick in new shed and slide to back of loom.
Weaving sequence:
1. Pickup stick 1
2. Heddle 2 up
3. Heddle 1 down
4. Pickup stick 2
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