Damask placemats

ADH

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Project Status: 
Finished
Project Dates: 
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 to Friday, January 20, 2012
Last modified: 
Wed, 10/16/2019 - 17:49
Number of Treadles: 
6
Sett: 
48
EPI
Number of Shafts: 
6
Width On Loom: 
14.12
Inches
Finished Width: 
13.25
Inches
Finished Length: 
17.50
Inches
Shrinkage Length: 
Shrinkage Width: 
Notes: 

<p>Placemats and runner in cotton and linen for special occasions. These were woven on a 6-shaft straight twill threading, tied-up for an irregular 6-shaft satin. The patterns were created using a 10-shaft damask pattern attachment which was threaded in a point-twill arrangement of blocks, with 2 blocks on each side not raised (harness 11). There were a total of 113 blocks across. The patterning for the mats was inspired by a Mexican motif for pickup in M.M. Atwater&#39;s Shuttle-craft Book of American Handweaving. I varied the pattern slightly for each mat. The spiral pattern in the runner was inspired by a photograph of an antique textile.</p>

Comments

Posted on Mon, 02/04/2013 - 21:26

I would love to see them in person someday! I hope you consider entering your work in exhibitions for handwovens, so they have a greater audience before being put into service as placemats! Wowser.

Posted on Tue, 02/05/2013 - 01:13

Thank-you for your comments! This was my second project using a shaft drawloom attachment on my Glimakra Standard, and I love the design versatility it offers. Using the linen weft was a challenge, as I needed to learn how much to dampen it to get it to keep neat at the selvedges. I have used them once, so far, with company, and they didn't stain (even with wine)!

Posted on Tue, 02/05/2013 - 14:35

Just perfectly elegant. I particularly like the spirals one.

Laurie Autio

Posted on Sat, 02/16/2013 - 22:41

These are all so very beautiful!  Certainly heirloom pieces to hand down through the generations.