Wet Finished Double Weave - Improved my Sample but Ruined my 6 metres of Upholstery Fabric!!
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After Wet Finishing |
Washed and pressed the sample and the changes to the structure afterwards has stopped it looking like an unintended glitch in the pattern. The relaxing of the threads has, as I expected, evened out interlacement so the change is softer. But the biggest effect is due to the definite pebbly texture it now has - a result of the differential behaviour between the pocket weave and integrated sections.
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After Wet Finishing |
The raised patches of plain weave pockets can be clearly seen in the wet finished photo of the earlier project from the same warp and threading. I wet finished this too, BIG MISTAKE and don't know what I was thinking really, because I needed the crisp, stiff , upholstery-type 'as woven' finish for this because it was to be panels for a vanity screen. Now it's all springy, soft and elastic and not really suitable for this at all Duhhhhhh....IDIOT!!!!
Mike, did you try to press it with a steam iron? I think it will be much better than this for the purpose. And you could use starch in one way or the other.
ReplyDeleteMarian