Weaving Projects

I finished 3 coral chenille scarves with supplementary warp accents. I kept one for myself.  18epi 2/8 and 4/8 cotton with some tencel and orlec threads. Woven with a single strand of chenille. The coral chenille was from Cotton Clouds.

2 sets of 8 place mats and a runner in Summer and Winter, cotton and orlec

getting ready to do tea towels from 100% boucle in 5 colours.

Finished weaving

While I had models around I took some pictures of weaving that I recently finished.

I made Corrie a twisted poncho from the chenille fabric I was weaving this spring. The fabric turned out beautifully. I'm really happy with it and will do it again. I've made one more poncho for my sale this weekend and I have one piece left. I may twist the fringe and turn it into a shawl or I may use it for another poncho.

Here are the directions for the fabric.

Warp is all chenille from Webs, sett at 16 epi.  I put on 13 yds ( which was too much) and it was 33" in the reed. I used navy, red purple, bright blue, and teal shaded across the warp with my sectional beam.

The weaving alternated blocks of chenille in plain weave with bands of black merino wool. I used different colours of chenille for the blocks. Each chenille block had 36 shots, followed by 12 shots of merino.  The beat was quite firm.  The piece for the poncho was 32" wide and 86" long when it came off the loom.  I washed the peice gently in the machine without letting it spin very much. Then it was dried in the dryer until almost dry and hung up to finish drying. The dryer felts the bands of merino and creates the puffy texture.  After weaving the piece measured 19" by 78". For twisted ponchos , I like to use 19" by 70" for a medium size.  The chenille in the warp and weft makes a very velvety fabric.

Weaving on Wednesday

Some pictures of weaving in progress.

A warp of 2/8 cotton in huck lace for tea towels. The warp came out a little bit narrower than I had planned, so the towels will be small, but I like the colours. I was just trying to use up green cotton that I had left over from an order for a lime green runner.

The last silk warp on my baby wolf.  This warp is off now and I will take more photos when all the fringes have been twisted.

A chenille warp on my Nilus loom. I put on 13 yds of chenille , shading colours across my sectional warp beam. This is an experiment to try using chenille warp and weft and to use merino for differential shrinkage. The sett is 16 epi.  I cut one piece  off after weaving 86", to check shrinkage. I washed it by soaking it in the machine with little or no agitation and carefully spinning some water out and drying it in the dryer until it had shrunk to the size and look that I wanted.  It came out beautiful and velvety and just the right size. I'm really pleased with it. I plan to make a poncho for Corrie plus 1 other poncho and a shawl.