One Warp, Two Interpretations

Day 53: I am still trying to figure out a weft colour which works well with this warp, haunted by those six infamous little words, "It seemed like a good idea." The draft is "A German Bird's-eye" from Marguerite Porter Davison's, "A Handweaver's Pattern Directory" (old green edition). I had this bright idea, see, that I'd use a striped warp and a single colour weft. It looked great when I worked it up with Fiberworks' drafting software, but when it came down to weaving it, something went wrong in the translation to thread. Yellow (the shade I'd picked for the weft in Fiberworks) did not bring out the stripes like I thought it would. Pale blue was no better. Dark blue (left) was okay, but I still wasn't happy with it, so I thought I'd try a darker shade of red than that I'd used in the warp. When I stood back and looked at it, I was tempted to rip it all out and go back to the blue. "Bleh!" I said. "This whole project was a mistake from the get-go." Sometimes even long-term weavers make poor choices. Fortunately, I only warped for five towels. I think I'll try green next. And just you watch...that'll be the one which works!