My 'guestimate' at 27 being the 'proper' density for this textile appears to have been pretty close. Now, things will change during wet finishing, and this angle (tension has been released on the warp) is almost 'too good' at very nearly 45 degrees. The weft is thicker than the warp, and that means it is hard to predict the actual amount of dimensional loss without going through the whole process - and perhaps most crucially - the wet finishing. Until I see it put through the whole process, including the pressing *and the drying* - I won't really know just how close I came.
Do I much care?
Not really. I'm on a stash busting mission and they are intended to be tea towels. If they are not 'perfect'? If they will dry dishes, goal will have been achieved.
Having woven a 'sample' on the previous warp, I felt I had confirmed my suspicions that 32 was going to be too many epi but there were enough variations that I could not be sure. But I went ahead based on my previous experience/mistakes, and said 'it will do'.
Because every time you make a change in what you are doing, outcomes can change. Sometimes those changes are acceptable. Sometimes? Not so much.
If weaving has taught me one thing - don't worry so much. As Leonard Cohen sang - forget your perfect offering, everything has a crack in it - that's how the light gets in.
Embrace the light, child. Embrace the light.
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