On the Swe national guild page, you can now find the first profile challenge result - cushion covers in honeycomb. Go to this page, click on the picture named "April 2013". (Later, it will be found in the right-hand column only - and even later, you will have to go to thw 2013 page)
For those of you not reading Swedish, here is a quick translation (but *do* look at the .pdf too, for pictures and keys to threadings/treadlings):
Yellow cushion:
Warp: cottolin 22/2, several nuances of yellow
Weft: yellow cotton 16/2 for pattern, “bundled” yellow cottons – see for instance http://www.garnhusetkinna.se/minibom.htm This one has 900 metres/kg )
Sett: 10 ends/cm
Reed: 50 dents/10 cm (approx 12,5 dents/inch), 1 end/heddle, 2 ends/dent
Width in reed 46,6 cm
Width after wet finishing 43 cm
Total number of ends 466
Thread from the profile, using the rules for overshot. One square = 4 ends.
For the longer blocks use incidentals: after 6 ends, add 2 extras at the opposite shafts. (This means those blocks get 14 ends instead of 12.)
Pattern order:
Right selvage: 4 ends threaded straight, twice = 8 ends
Right border: 48 ends
First block: 134 ends
Second block 86 ends (total 220 ends)
First block 134 ends (to balance)
Left border 48 ends (reverse order)
Left selvage 8 ends
Total # of ends 466
Treadle directly from the profile. I sampled until I liked the “hole” size. Thin yarn for the pattern (“holes”), fat for the tabby. On the yellow cushion I made some overshot bands, by treadling two treadles at the same time.
White cushion:
Warp: unbleached cotton 16/2
Weft: unbleached or beige cotton 16/2 for pattern, “bundled” unbleached cottons – see for instance http://www.garnhusetkinna.se/minibom.htm This one has 900 metres/kg )
Sett: 16 ends/cm
Reed: 80 dents/10 cm (approx 20 dents/inch), 1 ened/heddle, 2 ends/dent
Width in reed 50,25 cm
Width after wet finishing 46 cm
Total number of ends 804
Thread as for the yellow, omit incidentals. One square = 4 ends.
Pattern order:
Right selvage: 4 ends threaded straight, twice = 8 ends
Right border: 48 ends
First block: 116 ends +
Second block 86 ends (192 ends) – thread these 2 blocks 3 times – total 576 ends
First block 116 ends (to balance)
Left border 48 ends (reverse order)
Left selvage 8 ends
Total # of ends 804
These cushion covers were woven by Siv Johansson, a member of my guild