Mon 9^th – Fri 13^th Oct, 2017

                Following on from last week, I was trying to decide which tartan I wanted to work with so that I could make decisions about my warp in both pattern/design and colour. I decided on Clan Gordon due to the amount of colours that were available with the design.

                While sampling various colours and slight design variations with this tartan, I was beginning to make decisions about my warp and accidentally made it harder for myself by making more pleasing colour combinations.

                Through several peer reviews and my weekly group crit I managed to decide on an orange/turquoise warp which I was initially unsure about. This is because these colours are quite dominant due to their contrasting nature which I thought might have too much of an effect on my samples and I would grow to hate it. However I chose to take the plunge and try something out of my comfort zone. To test out this warp I tried it with various wefts.

                 Creating my warp plan was a bit of a challenge since I have always struggled with the numbers before. This time it was even more of a challenge since I had to get the numbers to fit but was also trying to keep my design proportional. Although it took a while to do I was very happy to have managed to complete the warping order on my own.  The yarn I decided to use, 2/40’s Mercerised Cotton, was not readily available so I have had to plan dyeing the yarn which I will continue with next week.