Michigan Placemats
Finished
November 16, 2024
July 10, 2025

Michigan Placemats

Project info
Weaving
Table SettingPlacemat
Denise's parents
120 ends; 18" x 10"
Tools and equipment
Knitter's loom
Yarn
10 epi x 10 ppi
945 yards
Amano Yarns Inti
1.15 skeins = 355.4 yards (325.0 meters), 115 grams
7F5311
Multicolored
Yarn Shop Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, California
August 31, 2024
Knit Picks Simply Cotton Sport
2 skeins = 328.0 yards (299.9 meters), 100 grams
7B9512
Natural/Undyed
Knit Picks
Lang Yarns QUATTRO LAMÉ
1 skein = 131.0 yards (119.8 meters), 50 grams
101
Yellow
Germany
Lang Yarns QUATTRO LAMÉ
1 skein = 131.0 yards (119.8 meters), 50 grams
102
Blue
Germany
Notes

Finished size approx. 18” L x 10” W

Pattern from The Handweaver’s Pattern Directory by Anne Dixon.
Three-shaft Straight Threading: 1/2 and 2/1 Twill (p. 203)

Adapted for rigid-heddle loom with 2 heddles.
Shaft 1 = Heddle 1, Shaft 2 = Heddle 2, Shaft 3 = slits only

Heddle 1 = nearest weaver
Key: H = Heddle, h = hole, s = slit, W = warp end

Instructions (from the RIGHT edge):
(H2 h1 is empty)
W1 = H2 s1, H1 h1
W2 = H2 h2, H1 s1
W3 = H2 s2, H1 s2
(H1 h2 is empty)
W4 = H2 s2, H1 h3
W5 = H2 h3, H1 s3
W6 = H2 s3, H1 s3
repeat to left edge
(120 ends)

Selvedge: 2 strands of Simply Cotton Sport on each side as a floating warp.

(Any heddle not explicitly mentioned is assumed to be in neutral/center position.)

In order to reduce confusion (and so all the ends wouldn’t be on the same side), I started the white yarn from the left edge and the colored yarns from the right edge.

White Stripe
Row 1: Heddles 1 & 2 UP
Row 2: Heddle 1 DOWN
Row 3: Heddle 2 DOWN
Row 4: Repeat Row 1

Colored Stripe
(Alternate blue and yellow)
Row 1: Heddles 1 & 2 DOWN
Row 2: Heddle 1 UP
Row 3: Heddle 2 UP
Row 4: Repeat Row 1

Stripe pattern: White, blue, white, yellow (repeat) to end after stripe #49.

Note: I had intended for this to be closer to 20” in length, but the tape measure I was using to check my warp gauge was inaccurate. I didn’t find out until I was done and compared the measuring tape against other rulers.

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Finished
November 16, 2024
July 10, 2025
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  • Project created: May 30, 2025
  • Updated: July 13, 2025