One question is, how much work do I want to make out of it??? It's a fascinating topic. I chose the four colors based on what I already had available. The online generator was easy to use, but it got tricky changing cones of yarn for every length of warp. It got even messier (as in tangled yarn) when I took it off the warping board, brought it to the loom, and tried to figure out which thread was supposed to be next on the loom.
Another question I'm wondering is, what is "random?" My dictionary says by chance, or haphazardly. So if I was being truly random, I would have a "rule" to not have the same color side-by-side, I'd just use whatever I grabbed. As a design element, I've been thinking of random as color order without a discernible pattern. It's funny because when I asked the question "
Is anything in nature random" in the permaculture design forum, everyone agreed that everything in nature follows a pattern whether we recognize it or not. So for weaving inspired by nature, i seem to have chosen something that doesn't happen in nature.
For this project, I realize is that from a distance, the four colors will blend visually in the final weaving. They probably won't be distinguishable as individual colors unless one gets real close and takes a look. That kinda makes me feel that I don't have to be terribly fussy about how random my colors actually are.
My dream has always been to live close to the land. My goal is simpler, sustainable, more self-reliant living. In 2009 my husband and I bought a neglected 1920s-built bungalow on 5 acres, which we've gradually built into our homestead.
I'm thinking that two (or more) of the same colors side by side would create a stripey effect, which I don't want. That said, it isn't as easy to create random as one would think.
