| The warp | 6-ply cotton twine, black and orchid, tex 30×6, 1 kg = approx. 5300 m |
| Loimen | Width 35,8 cm Sett 10 ends/cm (or 5 double ends/cm) Total of 354 + 4 ends for floating selvedges = 358 ends (177 doubled + 4 for selvedges) |
| Length | 7,25 m |
| Reed | 2 per dent in a 50-dent reed (metric) = 50/2 |
| Structure | Overshot |
INSTRUCTIONS
for winding the warp
2 threads black, floating selvedes
38 threads black
54 threads orchid
80 threads black
10 threads orchid
80 threads black
54 threads orchid
38 threads black
2 threads black, floating selvedes
354 threads in total + 4 floating selveges = 358
AMOUNT OF YARN NEEDED FOR THE WARP
Liina Cotton twine, 6-ply, tex 30×6, 1 kg = approx. 5300 m,
Suomen Lanka
80 blak 331 g ja 65 orchid red 158 g
The warp has doubled cotton twine ends
Two ends have been threaded to their own heddles on the same shaft next to each other. You can also pull both threads through the same heddle, the effect is the same. The threads will rise and sink the same way.
Hemp Placemats
Size finished 35 cm x 48 cm, 2 pcs
WEAVING INSTRUCTIONS
2 cm with scrap weft (to be unravelled later)
1,5 cm inner hem allowance with blue Java hemp
4 cm plain weave for the hem alternating turquoise Hampus and blue Java as weft
– Start and finish the hem with Hampus pressing down the 1. treadle (the leftmost)
– The plain weave hem becomes easily wider than the patterned area. Tighten the weft in the edge and exclude all the bubbling to prevent the hem from waving and widening.
Weave the patterned area (approx. 49,5 cm) according to the treadling instructions.
– Start and finish the patterned area with a red Java tabby pick pressing down the 2. treadle.
– When you weave with the petroleum blue pattern weft, the tabby weft is red. When you weave with the turquoise pattern weft, the tabby weft is blue.
– There is always a red tabby pick between the different coloured areas.
4 cm hem as at the beginning
1,5 cm inner hem allowance as at the beginning
2 cm with scrap weft (to be unravelled later)
WEFT MATERIALS for 2 placemats
Fibra Natura Java, 100 % hemp yarn, 50 g = approx. 100 m, Lankava
(07) blue 61 g – tabby weft in the turquoise area
(09) red 33 g – tabby weft in the red area
TeeTee Hampus, 100 % hemp yarn, 100 g = approx. 85 m, Tekstiiliteollisuus
(10) turquoise 115 g – pattern weft in the turquoise area
(11) petroleum blue 39 g – pattern weft in the red area
