wool

Log cabin

Submitted by wen on Sat, 05/19/2012 - 9:24pm

Project

Draft:

Log cabin

Project Status:

Finished

Project Date:

Wed, 05/16/2012 - Sun, 05/20/2012

Yarn

Yarn: Hawthorne Cottages English Leicester long wool
Color: Damson
Type: warp

Yarn: Hawthorne Cottages English Leicester long wool
Color: damson
Type: weft

Yarn: Bendigo Knitting Mills 8ply baby wool
Color: Raspberry
Type: warp

Yarn: Bendigo Knitting Mills 8ply baby wool
Color: raspberry
Type: weft

Loom

Number of Shafts:

Sett:

7.50 EPI

Length on Loom:

8.00 ft

Width on Loom:

42.00 cm

Finished Length:

69.00 in

Finished Width:

38.00 cm

Notes:

First attempt at log cabin

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4ply sock wool by Ixchel yarns

Yarn Fibers:

Fiber: wool
Percentage: 80

Yarn Fibers:

Fiber: nylon
Percentage: 20

Wraps:

14.00 WPI

Block - baldwin April 2012

Submitted by Elk Ridge Orcha... on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:21pm

Number of Shafts:

Number of Treadles:

Source

This Draft is from:

My own design

Author(s):

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Draft Image:

Times Used:

My handpainted handspun alpaca and wool

Yarn Fibers:

Fiber:
Percentage: 0

A Small Handwoven Purse

Submitted by Pamela Hunt on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 11:22pm

Project

Project Status:

Weaving

Project Date:

Sat, 04/21/2012

Yarn

Yarn:
Color:
Type:

Loom

Number of Shafts:

Number of Treadles:

Sett:

8.00 EPI

Length on Loom:

14.00 in

Width on Loom:

22.00 in

Notes:

Weaving a purse with some of my handspun yarns.

Handspun White Yarns

Yarn Fibers:

Fiber: wool
Percentage: 100

Yarn Fibers:

Fiber: silk
Percentage: 100

Notes:

Handspun White Yarns

Yarn Fibers:

Fiber: wool
Percentage: 100

Yarn Fibers:

Fiber: silk
Percentage: 100

Notes:

Warp-dyed Double weave

Submitted by elisabethhill on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 12:27pm

Project

Project Status:

Finished

Project Date:

Sat, 03/03/2012 - Sun, 03/25/2012

Yarn

Yarn:
Color:
Type:

Loom

Loom Used:

Schacht floor loom

Number of Shafts:

Number of Treadles:

Sett:

24.00 EPI

Length on Loom:

90.00 in

Width on Loom:

32.00 in

Finished Length:

86.00 in

Finished Width:

30.00 in

Notes:

I intended this as a three-layer shawl, but because of my inexperience with dyeing, my third color didn't work. I re-drafted and used pick-up to get the look I wanted.

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Cerulean Throw

Submitted by elisabethhill on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 12:17pm

Project

Project Status:

Finished

Project Date:

Fri, 03/02/2012 - Fri, 03/23/2012

Yarn

Yarn:
Color:
Type:

Loom

Loom Used:

AVL PDL

Number of Shafts:

Number of Treadles:

Sett:

0.00 EPI

Length on Loom:

85.00 in

Width on Loom:

56.00 in

Finished Length:

79.00 in

Finished Width:

47.00 in

Notes:

I used two weights of wool each set differently. I also fulled it in the bathtub by walking on it in hot, soapy water for 30 minutes. Even though the wool was set firmly because of the deflected double weave structure it is very light and soft.