Day 106: I like to keep a supply of handwoven towels on hand for gifts, so when my first experiment with halvdräll was complete and I had a better understanding about how colour functioned in the different areas of the weave structure, I decided to make another batch. Here is Halvdräll 2.0, using the darkest and lightest colours for the warp and alternating tabby sequences, with the mid-tone as the pattern thread. Notice that the mid-tone shows up well in all variations. In the previous version, I had used the darkest shade as the pattern thread, and it tended to get "lost" where it crossed a lighter shade of the same colour. The structure of a weave can make a significant difference in how colours behave with one another, and while this is not quite as apparent in halvdräll as it is in shadow-weave, for example, it does seem to play a major role in the final effect. I'll be making four towels on this warp.
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