tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904270845559593827.post8478264295311754257..comments2023-07-02T07:26:45.065-07:00Comments on Talking about Weaving: HANDSPUN & COMPUTING SETT: PART IIPeg in South Carolinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07886923838871937466noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904270845559593827.post-34415799181817557912008-06-14T12:55:00.000-07:002008-06-14T12:55:00.000-07:00My feeling is that if you are working with wool, i...My feeling is that if you are working with wool, it is better to have a sett that is too open than too close. If after wet finishing, it still seems too open, the fabric can always be fulled enough to the point where you like it. And fulling can bring up a lovely halo as well. With a too close sett, you cannot do the reverse!Peg in South Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886923838871937466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904270845559593827.post-2687242533302717652008-06-14T12:15:00.000-07:002008-06-14T12:15:00.000-07:00Thanks for your comment. I'm in the exact same pl...Thanks for your comment. I'm in the exact same place with handspun and sett, right now--only in my case it's not quite so tricky, because it is only the pattern yarn. I sleyed according to my (repeated) calculations, started weaving my header and thought, "Oh no. This is going to be an absolute mess." Now I'm half way through a scarf and I'm not so worried. The interlacements are balanced, if fairly open. I don't have extra warp for regular samples, so I'm going to let my first scarf be my sample.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904270845559593827.post-74464230386905606472008-06-11T08:16:00.000-07:002008-06-11T08:16:00.000-07:00We shall see...... Fortunately there is lots (a...We shall see...... Fortunately there is lots (and i mean LOTS!) of warp to weave off on these crackle art pieces so I don't have to make a decision quickly. Also, since it is handspun, I really don't want to sample. To sample this stuff I would have to weave say 12"-15" take it off the loom and wet finish it. Simply weaving it and seeing what it looks like on the loom just would not tell enough of the story to do any good. I am not willing to "waste" any of my yarn for that.Peg in South Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886923838871937466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904270845559593827.post-54101490051767408462008-06-10T16:39:00.000-07:002008-06-10T16:39:00.000-07:00So will you... compromise by following your gut an...So will you... compromise by following your gut and use a slightly closer sett than the book? Sample at the wider sett first?Tauerethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411353775134604182noreply@blogger.com