Today's blog post:
So, 10 boards just like this one have been stretched between the boards and the pattern has been tied.
Label, label, label!
Ikat-tied yarn pile. The picture of the pile of yarn doesn’t show how high the pile is.
My method for a design that has been stretched to 128 inches is to cut it into sections. I label each one with the title of the piece, top and bottom, and the number of the section. As I worked on this particular design, I decided that I needed to also label the width of each design element and the centers. You can see all the labels if you click on the picture.
After stretching and tying the yarn, I also label the top and bottom (ask me how I learned to do that!). So I thought at least.
When I dye, I weigh each skein and then use a formula for how much dye and additives to use. That’s harder for me to do with ikat, since there are sections that are tied off and there is no need for dye there. I had first thought I would use a 4% solution to get an intense color, but I’ve decided to go with 3% to compensate for the tied off parts. So, I separated that pile into the individual sections and weighed each one.
Forgot to add the labels before taking off the board.
That’s when I discovered that one section had no labels for the top and bottom of that section. I put all of the the cartoon pieces on the floor, along with its matching yarn section until I found the correct one.
The yarns are all weighed, the spreadsheet is ready … Dyeing begins soon!
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