Comments

Mon, 08/04/2014 - 20:43

theresasc

This is wonderful!  Thanks for posting all the project pictures.  You should be so proud of how your coverlet came out, it is really lovely.

Mon, 08/04/2014 - 21:01

Artistry

Beautiful Coverlet, I quite agree! Love your furry helper too:)
Wed, 08/06/2014 - 14:55

Robin Monogue

Inspiring! What a beautiful coverlet! The panels seem to line up perfectly.
Tue, 08/12/2014 - 18:07

jander14indoor (not verified)

Thanks for the comments.  This was certainly my biggest and most complicated project so far.  Used the full capacity of my loom.

I'm regulary amazed at how much my cats MOSTLY leave the loom alone.  Except for some reason they were REALLY attracted to the floating selvedges as the drooped below the warp beam carrying weights.  I had to fix them five or six times before I covered them.  For some reason our young male cat loved chewing through the string!  The two girls just lay on the newly woven cloth and demanded pets now and then.  Sometimes WHILE I was weaving.

Funny thing about blocks lining up.  Fresh off the loom the match wasn't so good.  Almost 5 inches difference between them.  Wet finished and heat dried the longer, wet finished and hang to dry the shorter, they matched!  So I stitched them together.  The regular pattern made it easy to keep them aligned.

Just wonder what will happen when its washed as a unit?  If dry flat I hope it will be OK...

Jeff

Tue, 08/12/2014 - 21:38

ReedGuy

Very nice Jeff and inspirational. :)

Thu, 08/21/2014 - 04:34

star619 (not verified)

I am struggling to weave a bit of dobby as a yet-to-be weaver. This certainly gives me inspiration to keep tweaking my CB loom & get it to work.  After all, Grandma Moses didn't start painting until "middle age"! : >

Finished Length Unit
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Finished Width Unit
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Length Off Loom Unit
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Length on Loom Unit
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Notes

Dimensions are for one panel, two identical panels woven.

In addition to the pattern, 1.5 inches plain weave added to each end for rolled hem.

Finishing,

Wet finish in my washer and dryer gentle, cold wash, delicate, warm dry only part way.

Panels stitched up the center using baseball stitch.  Hems rolled to 1/2 inch length using plain weave fabric only, hand stitched.

Number of Shafts
8
Number of Treadles
10
Project Status
Finished
Sett Unit
epi
Width off Loom Unit
inches
Width on Loom Unit
inches