I took a Teresa Ruch painted warp course at CNCH 2023 and I recently decided to start weaving these beautiful warps. I’m using a 20-shaft pattern that was shared with me by another student in the class.
Painted Scarves
| Warp Ends |
Calculation |
| Finished width |
8.40” |
| + Shrinkage (4.00%) |
+ 0.34” |
| + Take-up (7.00%) |
+ 0.61” |
| = Width at reed |
= 9.35” |
| × Warp Sett |
× 30.00 epi |
| = Warp ends |
= 280 ends |
| Warp Length |
Calculation |
| Finished length |
72.00” |
| + Shrinkage (4.00%) |
+ 2.88” |
| + Take-up (7.00%) |
+ 5.25” |
| = Length to weave (relaxed) |
= 75.00” |
| = Length to weave (under tension) |
= 81.00” |
| + Fringe |
+ 16.00” |
| = Length of item |
= 97.00” |
| × Item count |
× 2.00 |
| = Length of weaving |
= 182.00” |
| + Loom waste |
+ 28.00” |
| = Total warp length |
= 210.00” |
|
= 5 yards 30” |
|
= 533 cm |
| Yarn |
Amount |
| Total warp ends |
280 ends |
| × Total warp length |
× 210.00” |
| = Total warp yarn required |
= 1634 yards |
| Actual width at reed |
9.33” |
| × Picks per inch |
× 26.00 ppi |
| × Length to weave |
× 80.25” |
| × Item count |
× 2.00 |
| = Total weft yarn required |
= 1092 yards |
| = Total yarn required |
= 2726 yards |
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5/2 Painted Scarves
| Warp Ends |
Calculation |
| Finished width |
10.50” |
| + Shrinkage (3.00%) |
+ 0.32” |
| + Take-up (3.00%) |
+ 0.32” |
| = Width at reed |
= 11.14” |
| × Warp Sett |
× 18.00 epi |
| = Warp ends |
= 201 ends |
| + Adjustment for pattern |
−1 |
| = Total warp ends |
= 200 ends |
| Warp Length |
Calculation |
| Finished length |
60.00” |
| + Shrinkage (3.00%) |
+ 1.80” |
| + Take-up (3.00%) |
+ 1.86” |
| = Length to weave (relaxed) |
= 62.00” |
| = Length to weave (under tension) |
= 64.00” |
| + Fringe |
+ 14.00” |
| = Length of item |
= 78.00” |
| × Item count |
× 1.00 |
| = Length of weaving |
= 66.00” |
| + Loom waste |
+ 16.00” |
| = Total warp length |
= 82.00” |
|
= 2 yards 10” |
|
= 208 cm |
| Yarn |
Amount |
| Total warp ends |
200 ends |
| × Total warp length |
× 82.00” |
| = Total warp yarn required |
= 456 yards |
| Actual width at reed |
11.11” |
| × Picks per inch |
× 18.00 ppi |
| × Length to weave |
× 63.86” |
| × Item count |
× 1.00 |
| = Total weft yarn required |
= 356 yards |
| = Total yarn required |
= 812 yards |
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