My friend, Gudrun, sent our weave study group a picture of a dish towel that a friend had made for her many years ago. She was wondering if anyone wanted to attempt to decode the draft from the picture. I tried it and I think that I got pretty close.
I had planned to weave this towel on my jack loom. But when I discovered Joanne Hall’s countermarch class I decided to weave it on my CM loom instead. I will weave a few towels in this draft and then switch to something else that uses this very versatile threading.
I ran out of warp at the very end, so the last towel was a few inches short. I needed a new cloth for my bread basket so all is well.
| Heddles | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| Shaft | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Count | 132 | 133 | 25 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 24 |
Shafts 3&8 currently have 20 heddles on them. I will have to shuffle some.
| Warp Ends | Calculation |
|---|
| Finished width | 18.00” |
| + Shrinkage (7.00%) | + 1.26” |
| + Take-up (10.00%) | + 1.93” |
| = Width at reed | = 21.19” |
| × Warp Sett | × 24.00 epi |
| = Warp ends | = 508 ends |
| + Adjustment for pattern | −2 |
| + Floating selvedge | +2 |
| Warp Length | Calculation |
|---|
| Finished length | 27.00” |
| + Shrinkage (7.00%) | + 1.89” |
| + Take-up (10.00%) | + 2.90” |
| = Length to weave (relaxed) | = 29.00” |
| = Length to weave (under tension) | = 32.00” |
| + Fringe | + 0.00” |
| = Length of item | = 32.00” |
| × Item count | × 8.00 |
| = Length of weaving | = 256.00” |
| + Loom waste | + 32.00” |
| = Total warp length | = 288.00” |
| = 8 yards 0” |
| = 732 cm |
| Yarn | Amount |
|---|
| Total warp ends | 508 ends |
| × Total warp length | × 288.00” |
| = Total warp yarn required | = 4064 yards |
| Actual width at reed | 21.17” |
| × Picks per inch | × 24.00 ppi |
| × Length to weave | × 31.90” |
| × Item count | × 8.00 |
| = Total weft yarn required | = 3613 yards |
| = Total yarn required | = 7677 yards |
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