Hi guys, below is the thread that sparked this info, I will be back and post a link to the photos of this particular finish to my profile project page...here's the link to photos....http://weavolution.com/node/13368
Loominaria, I am a rug weaver and one of my favorite finishes is what I call a cobra head (my name for it) finish out of Peter Collingwood's 2nd book. He just refers to it as something on some Middle Eastern rugs and I think Jason said it was from some rugs in one of the London museums. It is illustrated on page 50 of Rug Weaving Techniques and the explanation starts on p 149. Both sides make an elegant finish. I recommend it for your blankets. You can go as small as 5 pairs in the knot and go up as many pairs in the finish as you think balances your work.
I think the finish is too fiddley (as Jason says) to use on a scarf but I think it would be striking on a blanket.
Regards Deb
I don't have the Collingwood book. Any chance of seeing a photo of this finish on one of your pieces?
Laverne
There is a copy of both of Peter Collingwood's rug weaving books at Handweaving.net.
www.handweaving.net/DAList.aspx
They are free to download, ;-)!
up above in the first message the link no longer works...here is the updated link after the systtem transfer...
Both of Peter Collingwood's rug books have sections on warp finishes that I want to try. I'm in somewhat of a rut with my blanket fringes, either knotting in 4s or using Damascus edge. Jean Wilson's book you mentioned is my current favourite, but I ordered your fave to see if it will be even better.
I'm also checking some embroidery books I have that include pulled warp and weft techniques, because there are often hemstitch ideas and other needle-weaving tricks that can be used on the loom. We don't need to remove warp or weft, because we can plan ahead and leave spaces. If only I would remember to plan ahead....