Sugar cane and bamboo
sugar cane stripes in 1/3 twill set into a frame of black plain weave. Weft is black bamboo. The sett is 8 end per cm for the bamboo, 4 ends per cm for the sugar cane.
This was an attempt to make the one skein of sugar cane multicoloured yarn go a long way. The idea is from Handwoven no 151 adapted to my own use.
Weave-learning twill doubleweave blanket
This was the first large, wool doubleweave project I've done so it was planned as a test blanket and will live on my bed. After life got out of the way and I finished weaving it, I learned a lot and was relatively happy with the results.
I got surprisingly good sheds and the mirror on the shuttle race showed me when the shed was clear, so I didn't have too many problems with sticky thread errors. What did cause a problem was that no matter how well I thought I was concentrating and keeping track of where I was, I still had treadling errors in the bottom layer. How do you prevent this?
After washing the fold seemed mostly invisible! Another surprise. On the other hand, the selvedges were too loose and looked like a badly crocheted edging after washing. I tried to pull in more on that side while weaving, but I kept forgetting.
Things I want to try next time: a "real" temple (my home made ones kept sliding off). Double the sett on the selvedges for 4 ends in each layer. Use a 2/2 twill so I don't end up with horizontal borders on one side and vertical borders on the other.
Sock Yarn Scarf
I had purchased some sock yarn with the intention of knitting some socks. That plan never materialized, so I am making some scarves to use up the sock yarn stash. I am using alternating tweedy blue sock yarn with a self-striping, variegated blue in the warp. The weft will be just the tweedy blue. A 1/3, 3/1 block design should lend a bit of refinement to the casualness of the yarn. The finish will be a twisted fringe.
1/3 Block Twill
I got inspired by this idea of 1/3, 3/1 twill blocks when I saw examples of scarves woven in the structure in Interweaves, Handwoven Scarves. During more research, I found the structure discussed more in depth in Mastering Weave Structures by Sharon Alderman. This draft represents a couple of examples of what can be done with a straight draw by tweaking warp colors and by altering treadling. Additional options are possible if the threading is altered to form wider blocks.
