Digging Deeper

 

An assortment of yarns

Yesterday I managed to weave the first in the series of samples for the next WEFT article.

During weaving I thought the results were...acceptable.

When I was pulling the web off the beam, I realized they were not.  But they showed the results of what I was doing, and so I thought I would just ignore the 'flaws', because the 'value' was in the analysis of the samples.  Right?

I went to bed thinking about how would I would approach the next sample.  And woke up this morning deciding that the first thing I needed to do was re-jig the first sample and do another one.  I have more yarn - with nothing better to do with the small cone - and it seems to me that not only should I show my results, I should show what I think needs to happen to get better results.

I have no idea if everything I am doing will wind up in the article, but otoh, this is also a journey of my learning.  Right now I have disappointing results, and an idea of what to do to get better results, but that idea is just that - an idea.  It will take me some time to re-sley the warp and then weave the samples over again.  But mostly I will have had the experience of trying something and finding out what happens when I try again.

We have another grey day and I have no appointments this week, so it looks like the weaving and analysis for this first set of samples will take all week.  And then whatever is left of the warp will be woven for towels.  A little palette cleanser, so to speak.  

And then I'll do the second set of samples and write up my observations/conclusions.  I'm so glad I have managed to get back enough of my words/writing to even consider writing articles.  Hopefully things will continue to get better over the next 18 months or so.  And my alpha reader won't tire of sifting out my errors.  :)