Cleanup neverending. Now going through study group notebooks, throwing away 2 out of 3 samples, just keeping the good ones. Let's face it, there are a lot of bad samples out there! An exception is the The Sixteens of 1989. Most are quite interesting and keepers. I don't want to violate copyright, but I'll show you one of mine, face and reverse (click to enlarge), and my comments on the back of the sample sheet. You might get a chuckle.


Warp: Face, 10/2 rayon, lt. blue; stitchers, 10/2 cotton, mocha. Weft: Face, 10/2 rayon, as above; backing, 10/2 cotton, as above; wadding, acrylic baby yarn, turquoise. Weft order: 2 rows face (rayon), 1 row wadding (baby yarn), 1 row backing (cotton). Repeat. Reed: 12 dent reed, with 2 ends face yarn and 1 end stitcher per dent; in other words, face warp is 24 epi and stitcher warp 12 epi. References: Sullivan, Pique Plain and Patterned
Comments: Face warp fairly relaxed tension; stitcher warp on separate beam under very heavy tension. This would make very good upholstery fabric, except that I will never weave pique again, as I found that working with three shuttles is not my cup of tea!
Well, never say never. I have not woven any more piqué (so far), but I've done several projects with three and four shuttles: lampas, double twills, and others. Still don't like it much. But there is no denying the tactile pleasure in a well tensioned and wadded piqué luciouswith its luscious hills and valleys.