I ordered this 3/2 cotton Sherwood Forest warp from Blazing Shuttles. She's an amazing Dyer who's been at it since the 1970s, so she's honed her craft well. Usually her stuff sells almost as soon as she posts it to her shop website (or in live classes). This set stayed up on her website longer than usual ... [I get why she doesn't put much in her shop -- The documentation to post a product takes a lot of time and effort. I have seen photos of her at her live workshops with tables piled high with painted warps. I suspect that is where she sells most of her wares. And many weavers have multiples of her warps in their stash.]
The colors kept haunting me -- There was something familiar about it, and then I realized it reminded me of Fairy Glen on The Isle of Skye when we visited in May a few years ago. Yes-- much more red than I expected. Kind of like this Sherwood Forest Warp! You don't really think of the rust / red as part of the Scottish landscape, but there it is ...
I wanted to get a Blazing Shuttles Warp in part to study it:
- How far apart are her color intervals?
- How do they move across the warp?
- How do the colors transition?
- What should I use for a companion warp?
- What weaving pattern should I use to highlight the warp (not lose it).
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Well how gorgeous is that collection! And that you were getting subliminal connections. :-)
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