We weave a lot of plains and textures... I’m not sure how simple it is. It can be more difficult at times to come up with an awesome basecloth.
First, it starts with the yarn. There are multiple yarn options:
- straight yarns... fine and coarse. The smaller yarns require more picks per inch.
- boucle yarns, fancy yarns... again be small or larger.
- chenille yarns... cut pile yarns in different sizes
You can use these yarns solid, pick and pick or mixed.
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