Lindsey Plaid
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Lindsey Plaid

Project info
Scottish Tartans
Lindsey
Weaving
experiment
Tools and equipment
Yarn
ColourMart Cashmere 8/44NM 4ply wt
0.85 skeins = 765.0 yards (699.5 meters)
burgandy
Red-purple
ColourMart Cashmere Sparkle 76T/22T laceweight
ColourMart Cashmere/Wool 2/13NM 4ply wt.
0.5 skeins = 508.5 yards (465.0 meters), 75 grams
burgandy
Red-purple
ColourMart Extra Fine Merino 8/44nm 4ply
0.35 skeins = 302.4 yards (276.5 meters), 52 grams
dark grape
ColourMart Silk/Lycra 12/50nm fingering wt.
0.5 skeins = 340.0 yards (310.9 meters), 75 grams
Notes

warp: 8/44 cashmere (2 ends per dent) striped with silk (one end per dent) and 8/44efm (one end per dent)

threaded 1234 in a 12 dent reed/plain weave

weft: silk, 8/44efm and 2/13 cashwool (I didn’t have enough 8/44 cashmere for weft plus it was too thin to cover the heavier silk. Plus some little stripes of sparkle cashmere for accent.

Before washing:
15.5” wide
53.5” long
6” fringe
After washing:
15” wide
53.5” long
4.5” fringe after cutting off excess

Loom waste: at least 2 feet

This was an experiment to see how the various yarns worked for weaving. All yarns wove well. The cashmere, silk, and efm all worked well for warp. I wove this with strong tension.
The Lindsey pattern was threaded first from left to right then back right to left as the book suggests. The weft was woven similarily, with small modifications. Tartans are fun!
The finished scarf is too wide and too short. The looser sett in the middle puckers with the firmer sett on the sides. But I still love it and learned alot.

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  • Project created: April 22, 2014
  • Updated: April 30, 2014