More experiments with doubleweave. This is a weave whereby two layers of cloth are woven simultaneously one above the other. I designed a fabric with two layers of cotton (16/2) plain weave at 24epi sandwiching free floating red woolen threads between them. At intervals the cloths are woven together as a single cloth in a series of squares. These also trap the red threads. Between the squares the red wool yarn is either tight puffing the two layers apart when it shrinks on washing, or very loose allowing it to free form.
The first sample was at two close a sett, so the red threads were only visible with back light. I widened the sett to 15epi for a second sample with almost a gauze like structure.
I also wove a sample as single cloth with a fine lambswool warp, but used the double layers as squares. In the single cloth the wool is tightly held by the warp, but in the more open sett of the double layer it can shrink and create a seersucker effect.
Planning to use this knowledge on a scarf project next.
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