Dad's scarf
I used Socrates and Mini-Mochi in the warp. I'll put those in the yarn fields when I have a chance to.
This is an incredibly soft scarf, woven for my dad on the occasion of his 85th birthday,
END OF WARP KROKBRAGD EXPERIMENT
After finishing off my Pendleton selvedge rugs, I decided to play with the remaining warp. I never wove Krokbragd before so I re-threaded and re sleyed. I had some hand spun, hand dyed wool, some that I spun, some from a retired weaver that I wanted to use before the moths ate it. It was all heavy duty rug grade, not enough of one color for an entire project. The weaving started slowly, but went a little faster after I got started. I really enjoyed playing with the colors.
My only question is, how do I get the ends to stop curling up? I read in Collingwood's book that to eliminate this problem with a weft faced weave, one has to use the plain weave shed during the weaving, which I did. I had the rug rolled the other direction for about a week, I even weighted it down with bricks. It still wants to curl a little. Other than that, it was fun to do.
Block Double weave Placemats
I wove these placemats using the draft from the Weaver's Book of 8 Shaft Patterns, page 209, example 679. These placemats were fun and fast to weave using carpet warp. I wove three different versions of the placemats: blocks overall; stripes; and blocks on just the ends. They are easy to care for, and they look great with my Fiestaware dishes! If you try them, just remember to use a temple to retain the width of the piece. I used some vinyl slats to separate each placemat and to leave warp for the fringe. I overcast the edge using a honeycomb stitch on my sewing machine.
