Reluctant Dragon
Finished sampler
Here is the sampler after being washed and dried.
The warp and tabby are natural 8/2 cotton
The sampler is about 14" long, and 5 1/4" wide
Wefts are (from left to right):
1) Grey blue 'crinkly' rayon - The irregularity of the 'crinkle' yarn made the pattern irregular and turned some of the diamonds into more of a blob. Will be pretty in some other project, but this wasn't the one for it.
2) Dark brown 8/2 rayon - Pattern came out too 'sketchy'. One strand isn't thick enough for pattern weft.
3) Navy blue chenille - See that skinny little row of dark blobs? The chenille was quickly an obvious wrong choice for this. I figured it most likely would be, but since there was some leftover on a bobbin already, tried it out of curiosity.
4) Turquoise 8/2 cotton - The pattern looked nice on this one, but came out too stiff for a scarf. Would be nice for something like a table runner and such though.
5) Dark Green 4/2 cotton - Looked ok, though I like the 8/2 better. Much too stiff for scarves.
6) Dark brown 8/2 rayon, double stranded. The rayon gave it a nice drape. Doubling it up made it thick enough to be a pattern weft, and loose the 'sketchy' look from the first try. This was chosen for the first scarf.
7) Variegated 4/2 cotton - The variegated color was interesting to play with, but the 4/2 is just a bit too thick for this. Very stiff, like the green.
8) Same yarn as #7 with a Tromp-As-Writ treadling, instead of the As-Drawn-In being used for the others.
9) White 8/2 cotton - You can't really see it, but I tried a few shots of white on the natural to see what effect it gave. Might be neat, but it was more work to keep track of than I wanted to do right now.
Finished sampler
Here is the sampler after being washed and dried.
The warp and tabby are natural 8/2 cotton
The sampler is about 14" long, and 5 1/4" wide
Wefts are (from left to right):
1) Grey blue 'crinkly' rayon - The irregularity of the 'crinkle' yarn made the pattern irregular and turned some of the diamonds into more of a blob. Will be pretty in some other project, but this wasn't the one for it.
2) Dark brown 8/2 rayon - Pattern came out too 'sketchy'. One strand isn't thick enough for pattern weft.
3) Navy blue chenille - See that skinny little row of dark blobs? The chenille was quickly an obvious wrong choice for this. I figured it most likely would be, but since there was some leftover on a bobbin already, tried it out of curiosity.
4) Turquoise 8/2 cotton - The pattern looked nice on this one, but came out too stiff for a scarf. Would be nice for something like a table runner and such though.
5) Dark Green 4/2 cotton - Looked ok, though I like the 8/2 better. Much too stiff for scarves.
6) Dark brown 8/2 rayon, double stranded. The rayon gave it a nice drape. Doubling it up made it thick enough to be a pattern weft, and loose the 'sketchy' look from the first try. This was chosen for the first scarf.
7) Variegated 4/2 cotton - The variegated color was interesting to play with, but the 4/2 is just a bit too thick for this. Very stiff, like the green.
8) Same yarn as #7 with a Tromp-As-Writ treadling, instead of the As-Drawn-In being used for the others.
9) White 8/2 cotton - You can't really see it, but I tried a few shots of white on the natural to see what effect it gave. Might be neat, but it was more work to keep track of than I wanted to do right now.