Starting at the bottom of the photo, I have 10 natural, 10 dyed with lily of the valley leaves, 10 natural and 10 dyed warp threads. The weft, starting at the left, is 4 stripes each dyed, then natural. Each stripe is approximately 15 threads.
The purpose of the sample was to see if the color change was more noticeable with wider stripes than my first sample. I would say yes, but it is not completely successful.While the changes in weft threads are easy to see (at least in person), the change in warp threads is not. The piece looks striped, not checked.
My first sample was 28 tpi warp and 14 tpi weft. This sample is almost the opposite - 12 tpi warp and 30 tpi weft. I think it might be easier to see the change in both directions if it was an even weave. However, I have run out of dyed thread, so I won't be able to make a third sample.
With these pieces I have learned that the spacing of the warp and weft can make a real difference to the look and feel of the final fabric. Also, with the more widely spaced warp threads I had no problem with the threads sticking together, as happens with closely spaced wool warp (and no sizing).
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