Warp 8

This is the last technical warp I put on. I used this warp to compare double cloth to figuring side by side in the same yarns to see which i preferred. I hadn't put a double cloth warp on by this point and felt I had to just to make sure I knew how to pull it through and make up a peg plan for one. The first 3 are double clothes using plain weave and twills and the fourth is figuring. The reason I worry about figuring is because of the floats on the back which double cloth hides but then so would the lining of a garment. There werent many floats on the figuring sample for this one due to the shapes but there are a lot on the samples from my first warp. The double cloth definetly is a lot bulkier but this could be desirable if you were using it in something hardwearing like a bag or shoes rather than a garment.

 I think I will stick with figuring for a lot of my samples, makes the drape and handle a lot nicer.

This was at the end of my warp were I tried using ribbon in the weft to create dashed lines like in one of drawings. I dont know how I feel about this one - looks a bit tacky Overall not too happy with this warp.

1st warp

Well thought I would update this is I haven't posted in a while. This is a warp I put on before Christmas for technical sampling. I've put on about 7 warps in total so far and have about 40 samples still got 2 weeks of sampling so thought I would start posting them to see if anyone has any thoughts on whats working and whats before I decide on final samples.

This is a wool and nylon warp to translate a drawing of dodgem lights. I quite like using these yarns as I like the combination of shiny/matt so have used similar things in a lot of my samples. The first 2 were whilst it was still on the loom - a swiss arm which are a delight to use and the others are after its been cut off.

In this sample the nylon in the warp was taut on the loom but has buckled once its been cut off. Although it doesn't translate the drawing I was looking at I quite like this effect and is definetly something which would work for other more organic drawings - so a happy mistake :)