Mon 6^th – Fri 10^th Nov, 2017

                I had an issue this week; running out of the 3000 yards I had made of 2/40s Mercerised Cotton, Orange. I had tried to initially make enough so that I wouldn’t have to dye anymore but unfortunately that wasn’t the case. When I went to try and dye the same colour again, I struggled to get the ratios of colour right due to the big difference in the weight of yarn since this time I was dyeing much less. However, taking this into consideration, I think I did quite well in getting a colour match.

                In terms of samples, at this point I have focused a lot on checks/tartans and getting those how I wanted them. Since I have reached quite a satisfied point with this, I thought it best to try some things a little more different and out of my comfort zone involving texture. A lot of my work is very flat so I have been testing peg plans and yarns that give more of a 3D effect. Rebecca also noticed that I was using mohair and recommended I test brushing it to see the effect. I am actually very happy with the brushing finish and think it work well with my check/tartan patterns.

                Looking at all my current samples together I noticed everything was very warm and yellow. Since I was contrasting flat with texture, I thought perhaps I should try some colder colour and look more into the blues that I’ve been using; which was also suggested in our group crit. So far I have been happy with the testing I have done and hope to continue this next week and produce some nice samples.