These swatches are from 1737 but, the stripes and plaids pictured are seen though out the 18th century. I will weave half of my fabric as stipes and the second half as a plaid so I'll get two txtiles in one warp.
After carfully inspecting and counting the threads I sketched up a plan for my fabric. These simplistic looking fabrics have complicated warps. My first warp had two colors. This one will have three colored stripes of a different width each. I am defintely challenging myself on this one !
Who would have thought that all that work goes into making fabric--it's something we def take for granted when we see a plaid or striped fabric
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