Spacing the threads in the reed can be dramatic. Here the wefts are spaced, too. Sometime people put a piece of soft cardboard (like a cereal box) to space the wefts out evenly.
Another variation of spacing the threads in the reed.
Making areas of dense and less dense threads in the reed.
I am curious how wet finishing would effect these pieces. I tried using one of those new fangled curved beaters of the rigid heddle … and after wet finishing, the weft went very nicely back into a straight line.
Would there be special handling of these wide warps to keep the effect?
Thank you for your information. I enjoy learning from experience weavers.
~ Karen
I have just dyed a fabric with spaced warps and I see that the threads do have some tooth–so I wouldn’t use any smooth threads. I’m thinking that changing the shed when you begin weaving after a space would help. The same principle might work in the threading. Don’t follow a thread on shaft 1 with another thread on #1. I did play with the spacing of the wefts a bit and I’m not sure if my thinking really did work. At least, don’t use smooth threads where you want them to stay apart. I hope this helps. Also, I might wet finish gently, without agitation.
Peggy
That absolute makes sense to me.
Thank you, Peggy.
~ Karen