Warp

W A R P   D Y E I N G 

I have been thinking for what seems like days now about what to do with my warp, particularly the colour of it. I have found it really difficult trying to make a decision about this as I have had no experience of how to design it in order to create what I want.  I might be thinking about it all completely wrong but the only way to find out is to produce my first ever weave, then maybe this will all begin to make much more sense. 

I have derived my colours for my warp based on both of my developed photographs from my previous post. When I went into the dye lab I still couldn't decide which photo I wanted to take my colours from. Sooo.. I ended up making 4 hanks and making up several pots of dye. I then dipped and tested them all, some with other colours over the top, some barely even dipped in, and really tested them all out. 

After a while of deciding I decided to use the colour palette from the second one of my photographs. (Purple image) . I had spent 3 hours already in the dye lab and in the end I have ended up just taking the plunge and going for it.  

In the end the colour hasn't come out too bad. Although I did make a mistake which I will be able to correct in the future. When I dyed the warp originally it was a bit more purple and a little darker, although after washing it and drying the warp I have found out that it has lightened up a lot. I don't know whether this will necessarily be a bad thing for my weave ..