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Tue, 02/28/2012 - 12:08

endorph

and it looks so soft and warm. Beautiful drape. Tina
Tue, 02/28/2012 - 13:40

r1mein54 (not verified)

Very,very nice. Is that 4 ends I see in that selvedge? I see that you did very well at keeping the direction change matched with the color change - nothing worse that having a new color go 'right' one or two yarns and the rest of the same color going 'left'.
Tue, 02/28/2012 - 16:01

Ellen (not verified)

Thank you. I actually used 8 ends for each selvedge, threaded 1-3-1-3 on one side, 2-4-2-4 on the other and then sleyed them twice as close as the scarf itself. Yes, I had done some planning before I started winding the warp :-)

Ellen

Tue, 02/28/2012 - 17:12

emhoog (not verified)

Really like your scarf, Ellen. Traditional and very wearable. Your idea of the selvedge I must keep in mind. It looks great. Thank you. 

Tue, 02/28/2012 - 20:42

Ellen (not verified)

Yes, it is a good selvedge for making a sturdy outside edge, especially on very soft fabric. I am glad you like it, emhoog, it is very traditional, but that was as far as my inventiveness went at the time ;-)

Tue, 02/28/2012 - 23:06

Cynthia

Gosh, I love that! 

When I've sleyed my selvedges closer than the main cloth, I end up having problems keeping my fell straight.  Did you run into that?

Wed, 02/29/2012 - 13:15

sally orgren

just to see it in person! Wow. I too, appreciate the technical details you include, like the selvedge treatments.

Wed, 02/29/2012 - 15:45

Ellen (not verified)

Thanks, Cynthia :-) No I had no problem with that, probably because it is a basket weave, therefore with two picks in every shed like the 2/2twill

Wed, 02/29/2012 - 15:46

Ellen (not verified)

Great, Sally, when are you coming? I'll be waitng for you at the airport wearing the scarf LOL

Ellen

Thu, 09/20/2012 - 10:32

Heddles R' Us

Fantastic tartan scarf Ellen! I hope that one day, my diagonals will be as clean as yours. Isn't this the "dress stewart" tartan? Thanks for the inspiration!

~Thomas

Mon, 10/01/2012 - 10:43

ReedGuy

Nice work Ellen. I am going to be making a run of tartan scarfs later and will have to keep this tip in mind. Thanks for sharing. :)

Mon, 10/01/2012 - 14:08

Ellen (not verified)

Thanks :-) I'll look forward to seeing yours! I hope the edges work for you too.

Thu, 11/22/2012 - 22:51

ReedGuy

Ellen, I was wondering what you would think of tabby on the selvedges. My numbering sequence on shafts is from back to front, treadles right to left. I could tie up treadle 7 and 8 for tabby with shafts 5-8, leave 5 and 6 untied and tie up treadle 1-4  with shafts 1-4. Treadling would be for twill with alternating 7 and 8 (treadling in pairs). Just thread first and last four heddles on shafts 5-8 beyond the twill shafts (1-4). You can't really draw that in software, or maybe you can in something other than WeaveDesign. Anyway, I wrote everyting down on my draft sheet. Just looking for some thoughts. I'm ready for the scarfs. It'll be interesting. :)

Fri, 11/23/2012 - 10:04

Ellen (not verified)

I don't think tabby is a good idea. It would flare, I am afraid, because plain weave is "flatter" and has more interlacing than twill. That's why this basket weave is better, it has the same number of interlacement. 

But you can do this together with a twill. It is so hard to explain in text, but try and play with your weavedesign and see if you can't make it work, otherwise PM me, and we'll figure it out together. 

Fri, 11/23/2012 - 10:53

ReedGuy

I can easily change to basket weave. I just don't see how the weaves can be separated in the middles without separating the two weaves on their own shafts.

Fri, 11/23/2012 - 12:48

ReedGuy

I've got something worked out, basket weavish. ;)

Sun, 11/27/2016 - 19:01

Queezle

I am working on a blanket for my daughter, in twill, and remembered Ellen's post describing and showing basket weave selvedges.  I played around with it on my software.  Obviously, the shuttle needs to be in the right order (so it catches), but this seems pretty brilliant.  I will try it on sample #2. 

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Notes

A fairly conventional twill and tartan weave, but I decided to reverse the twill when a new colour started. And I added a basket weave edge after hearing a lecture by Danih weaver Winnie Poulsen, who strongly advocates making sturdy edges on you handwovens. It took me a little while to get used to that. But I must say it added to the scarf.

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