Comments

Thu, 05/21/2009 - 04:25

Leigh (not verified)

Hi Amelia! What an interesting experiment and great idea for some of those coarser handspun yarns.
Tue, 06/09/2009 - 21:51

nosila78 (not verified)

What a good idea!  I see a couple of these in my future.  :)

Wed, 08/19/2009 - 16:38

amelia (not verified)

The judge's remarks at the county fair this year (it got a blue, and full points!) was that this was the most unusual handspun, handwoven item she'd seen as a fair entry :-) and also that it did work better as a draft stopper than a scarf (too itchy by far).

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
yarns were about 12 WPI, woollen spun. Handspun was spun by me to match the millspun. Originally to be a scarf, found it was too itchy, so made a doorsnake out of it (draft stopper), stuffed with rocks and neppy scoured wool. Resized the blocks to suite my thicker yarn and layout desired: if you call Basketweave C, left-leaning B, and right-leaning C, I used: 12 ends A, 16 ends C, 12 ends B, 12-A, 16-C, 12-B, 12-A, 16-C, 12-B Beat it a bit too tightly -- the patterns were mostly obscured/weft dominant. Started out on my Ashford table loom, sett 6 EPI, too loose and not enjoying the loom, so I took it off and put it on the Baby Wolf.
Number of Shafts
4
Number of Treadles
4
Project Status
Finished
Sett Unit
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Width off Loom Unit
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Width on Loom Unit
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