I'm a new weaver, and still experimenting with yarn qualities. I just warped my loom for a scarf using a very nice pima cotton that I bought in a knitting store (17WPI). Sett 10. I had some variegated cotton chenille that I wanted to use for the weft, using a twill pattern from Anne Dixon's Four Shaft Pattern Directory. I've woven about 4 inches and you can't really see the pattern, because, I think, the thickness of
the chenille is giving me a weft faced fabric (I now understand that concept :-))). It looks ok, but it wasn't what I planned because I can't see the twill pattern, just the variegated chenille yarn.. I am
trying not to beat the picks too hard, but now I'm thinking maybe I should take out the chenille and try weaving with a less bulky yarn in a solid color. I'm also afraid the scarf will not drape well if the
fabric is weft faced. I could possibly also switch to another yarn for the body of the scarf and just keep the variegated yarn for a border at the end, if it won't drape wierdly in the finished product. Any
advise would be welcome.