The warp for the table runners is 2/22 black cottolin is 6 yards and 12 inches long. The plan is to weave 2 runners at about 50 inches and 1 runner at 70 inches. For the weft of the first runner I used 2/22 cottolin in a beige linen colour and I wove that one to 70 inches with added hems of 4.5 inches. The second runner is 2/16 gold ramie.
There is only one runner left to weave, it should be 50 inches but looking at the back beam it feels like there is a lot of warp still left. I found a lovely blue/green silk with flecks of brown that I thought would look spectacular with the black warp.
I tried it out and it just died against the black. All the colour was washed away and it just looked grey and blah. I was really hopeful about this weft, so I actually left it overnight to see if it would look better in the morning sun. Nope.
Next I tried a bright red and royal purple both 2/22 cottolin. They both work but I felt that the red was a little aggressive and I wasn’t sure if it would be all that nice to live with on a dining room table. So the purple is the winner. I haven’t started the purple runner yet so no photos.
Someone asked if we leave the trial weft colours in the warp and that becomes waste or do you take them out. We take them out, the audition weft aren’t even taken off the cones.
Final photos are of another botany walk at a local park, it is surprising how green and lush the forest is looking in early December.
The walk took us along a stream and ended at the ocean looking over to the snow peaked coastal mountain range on the mainland of British Columbia.
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