Warp 5

Well as you might be able to tell from the post-it notes on these samples I decided to keep track of which structures I was using as I am weaving. As even from cutting it off to bondawebbing it and putting it in my sketchbook I seem to forget and then have to work it out when trying to write my technical notes next to each one - much easier this way.

So I decided to go for it and do what my tutor suggested of following my colour wraps exactly. I must say I really enjoyed measuring this warp out even though it took me ages because I had to keep changing colour every couple of loops would take me the guts of a whole day I reckon if I decide to do this as a final sample.  Just tried out a few different structures to see which sat best with each other and which showed off the colours in the warp the best. The rayon is over 8 shafts and the cotton/floss I mixed together is on another 8 shafts. I was dying to try more of my other colour wraps as soon as I finished this one.

Also tried using the same colours in the weft as I had in the warp but it ended up looking a bit too bright and summery which wasn't what I was looking for.

Warp 3

For this warp I tried to incorporate my colour wraps in the warp more, however, I only picked some of the colours I put on a light grey silk in a straight draw over 8 shaft and the orange and green stripes are over 4 shafts each. For the next warp I've to try following my colour wrap exactly as I am missing out the accurate colour proportions and tones in them. I did try to show the other colours in the weft though. 

I put the orange and green on a seperate beam and shafts so I could try 'scribbling' this was my first failed attempt at it. Im not sure what happened here but I think i loosened the beam off too much and pulled too much through and made it a bit loopy.

Here I gave it another attempt and made sure each of them weaved in each time. I found if I moved the warp too much either way though the base fabric would also move and become gappy. In the book I read about it it called this a supplementary warp Im not sure if I was to pull these threads through the heddles as well or if so should those shafts been lifted or not. Overall it was very tricky and time consuming and Im not too happy with the result if anyone has any tips or advice about scribbling it would be greatly appreciated.

Here I only moved the threads a little each way and it worked better but still not as free flowing and wavy as I would of hoped. Also was playing about with inlays here.

Tried a combination of twills one warp faced and one weft face to get the shiny orange rayon to appear like it is sitting on the surface to mimic another drawing quite like this and would work well for translating other drawings.