More Green Cotton

Remember the green cotton that I spun and wove into a short runner?

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Then I took the leftover yarn and soaked it in ammonia.

Well, now I’ve taken the treated yarn and woven a second table runner in the opposite colourway. This time the body of the runner is in the brown cotton with green stripes.

Both runners are woven on a rigid heddle loom using pick up sticks to create the pattern. The idea is that the stick alters which threads are up or down, creating regular weft floats.

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Now that I’ve woven the brown runner, I’m wondering whether I should leave the original (tan) runner untreated. As it is, the tan runner shows what the cotton looked like before treatment. If I were to soak the tan runner in ammonia, it should come out a sage green colour with dark brown stripes – just the opposite of the brown runner. Please help me decide by completing the poll below.

Thanks for your input!