Kobu Warp

Kobu.  I am not sure what it means.  I think it is Japanese paper.  One of my goals for the Japan leg of my trip is to use materials that are not readily available in the US.  Kobu is one of them.  It scares me that clothing items made of paper will need to be washed.  Paper + water = mess.   Kenzo Jo assured me that items made of Japanese paper can be washed in water just like linen.   One of my other goals is to use colors that I don't typically choose.   I love purple and blue and usually end up choosing colors with short wavelengths.  Today I chose neutrals with a pop of color.   The pop of color is LIME GREEN.  Whoa.... Way, way outside my comfort zone.  I started winding my warp with 100 threads of neutral, 50 threads of lime green, 100 threads of neutral, but then I thought this is matchy, matchy, too symmetrical.  I added 50 threads of neutral mixed with lime green.  Another feature I don't usually choose is loopy yarn.  So I chose two neutral colors of loopy yarn.  

The picture below is a basket with the cones of colored Kobu that are in my warp. My warp is in the plastic bag.  Tomorrow I will wind the warp onto the warp roller, thread the heddles, and thread the reed,