Amount woven to date: 2 yards + 31"
I have finished dyeing the second set of samples of the colors I am going to use for mixing. In the

In the second set I also dyed an additional color: yellow. I decided to do this because I wanted to see what kinds of neutrals would result from combining this with violet. I want to compare them to the neutrals I get when I combine violet with yellow-green. Plans are still quite fluid!
There is a logic for my choice of colors. The logic is based on color choices derived from a square tetrad harmony of blue (the main color), yellow green, orange, and red violet. In my sampling, the blue is a bit on the greenish side and the orange is a bit on the red side. I have also added green and yellow, which are analogous to yellow green (they lie on either side of the yellow green on the color wheel).
Now I am not sure that the colors other than blue will appear in the weaving in their pure form. Their use is to create the neutrals that I will use for the blue to rise up against. Because these other colors are related to the blue in a specific way, the neutrals that result from the various complements should also relate in a pleasing way. We shall see!
The photo incidentally shows part of one of my record-keeping techniques for dyeing. I do have a big ring binder of colors on cards cut to fit in the ring-binder. Each of the large cards holds variations of one particular color.
But when I am dyeing samples for a specific project I use a different record-keeping technique. I make windings on a double layer of inexpensive poster board. I use two layers to give a more rigid piece to wind the yarn around. I glue the two layers together. On the back, I put a piece of double-faced sticky tape so that the yarn that I wind on has something to cling to. None of this is acid free, by the way, with the exception of the tape. I have no intention of keeping these samples forever. I do, however, keep them in a box in a closed cabinet so that light does not get to them to weaken the colors. Also, I punch a hole in the top of each card and connect them with a metal circle grip. Or, if I don't have one of those handy, I use a piece of yarn to join them.
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