Weaving Calcs are NOT that difficult!
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Weaving calculations are not that difficult….buy why am I continually making mistakes? On my new shadow weave warp, I thought I counted manually and on my computer weaving program (pcw Fiberworks) 82 ends to a shadow weave pattern, but somehow I made an error in the threading pattern (it was supposed to be 84 ends) and was two light ends short AFTER warping. The only sensible solution was to insert those extra two ends within each of the five shadow weave repeats, which I managed to do. This silk warp will be for two blue/white shadow weave drapes which will have shells and pom poms added as embellishments. I’ve made the pattern before, for a commission, in a rich purple/yellow which turned out beautifully. The two colours mixed visually from a distance to make a lovely natural brown tone. I’m using 20/2 mulberry silk, sett at 26 epi. which has been hand dyed in two tones of blue and a selvedge of purple.I intend the pom poms to be yellow and purple, and perhaps some green. |
| Putting in extra, forgotten warp ends | |
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| Tieing a threading cross | |
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| The warp ready and calculated correctly. | |
Hi. A friend directed me to your blog. I found this post very interesting as I have been exploring shadow weave myself. Oddly, the warp I just put on the loom is short by 2 ends, and this after doing my calculations with WinWeave! It’s a relief to know I’m not alone in this. Unlike you however, I just left them out. It’s an undulating shadow weave so I doubt that 2 fewer ends will make in undulate any less.