I've just finished weaving two towels on a honeycomb warp. The first one I wove was actually a monk's belt pattern on the honeycomb threading. I used the dark green warp as a the background weft and cream perle cotton (5/2) as the pattern weft. It looks classy! The second towel was woven with the honeycomb pattern. Dark green weft for background and a slubby, cream yarn as the outline weft.
And now, with the two "real" towels done, it's time to play!
Many moons ago I overdyed a light blue cotton yarn with yellow. In many ways the result was a sickly color--not a true yellow, not a strong green...but look at it with the dark green warp! Isn't that great!Now I'm trying to find a good outline yarn (and yarn color) to make one more towel with honeycomb and the sickly green yarn as background weft.
I'm leaning towards the brown/tan chenile. I may need to walk away for a while and see how I like the colors later!
2 comments:
I like the brown/tan chenille too because it doesn't overwhelm the other colors.
I went ahead and wove with the tan chenille...I like it and my husband liked it (he's actually better with colors than I am!), but it's nice to hear the opinions of other weavers! :)
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