Playing With Color

Recently, I pulled my handwoven towels off the loom--

it's not so easy to know what colors will interact properly when you

weave.  You think the fibers will intermingle good, but you never know--

even if you have woven and used fibers for ages.

luckily, these towels look pretty good.  I like the look of the weft as a plaid.

Crossing with a blue over the multi warp.--I really thought this would be a winner

and it is!

I've used orange, red, burgundy, orange, some yellow in the warp

and crossing with blue in spots--okay, I like that effect as well.

Here I played with excess amount of blue--don't know how I'll 

decide where to cut the towel--just plain fun using different colors in the weft.

And here I've used orange as a weft on the same warp--what a difference!

All hemmed and ready for gifting! 

I've been dyeing backing for my quilts--how cool is this!

I take my white backing and scrunch it into the dye pot--dry it is!

Put water to barely cover the fabric, pour the Teal dye all around

and steam for an hour or more.

Plenty of dye left for another 3 yards of fabric--different look---love it!

So, you can see that playing with color is a fun game and you never know

if you'll like the results or not--especially when you are weaving--it's not so

instant!