Riding the Avalanche

 

Just started weaving this warp yesterday.  So far, so good.

However...

There is an 'easter egg' in this cloth.  The warp is 2/20 merc. cotton at 36 epi; the weft is singles 6 with energy (high level of twist - which if you look closely you can see evidence of in the little 'pigtails' in the weft just above the fell) and it is weaving in at 32 ppi - which was what I had guestimated.

The threading is quite simple, over 16 shafts, and the tie up is: 1:3:1:3:3:1:3:1 and the treadling is as drawn in.

Now I'm not claiming that some weaver somewhere, some day, hasn't done exactly this threading draft.  But I would venture to guess that no one has used this precise yarn combination before.  I could be wrong, but, it's not a common thing to do.

Why am I doing it?  Well, I am *trying* to use up as much of my stash as I can.  I'm down to the last large mill cone, plus the bit of cone that was left over after finishing the previous warp.

Am I tired of coaxing the single 6s to 'behave'?  Yes.  Yes, I am.  Even though there will likely be a rather large amount of yarn left over, pretty sure I'm 'done' with this yarn.

And since I have not done a wet finished sample, it's a mystery what will actually happen.  There will be *something* happening, though.  The degree of twist energy is significant and it has done something 'interesting' every other time I've worked with it.

Will the effect be pleasing?  Dunno.  I have faffed around and will find out...

Stay tuned in a couple weeks to find out when I do.