Weave Workshop Week 2

I have had a really productive week and have made great progress with my weave samples. We had a taught  workshop with Lesley on Tuesday, where we were shown how to do a basic weave pattern and were provided with a selection of weave patterns to experiment with. 

Then on Wednesday we were inducted to the Dye Lab where we were taught how to treat yarn with Direct dye. I decided to mix a purple shade 5:3 red and blue. It turned out a light plum colour which I am really pleased with and will include it in my weave sample next week. The bright green colour is the example Colin the technician was using but he said I could keep it. I will have a go with this in my weave too.

I now have 2 complete samples and am half way through my 3rd. I have mainly been experimenting with colour and weight of yarn. Here I have incorporated small snaps of bright yellow cotton to see how it contrasts with my original palette. I am really pleased with the result and would like to work more of this yarn in to another sample. I have also experimented with bright coral and ocean blue cotton and mustard yellow wool.

Here are the yarns I have ready to experiment with next week. The far right is copper wire.