| 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.
Chalice Runner
Size finished 33,5 cm x 77 cm
WEAVING INSTRUCTIONS
2 cm with scrap weft (to be unravelled later)
1,5 cm inner hem allowance with orchid cotton twine
4 cm plain weave for the hem alternating silver linen and orchid cotton twine as weft. Start and finish the hem with Veera linen pressing down the 1. treadle.
Weave 80 cm according to the treadling instructions. Repeat x 10 but leave out the last two pattern picks at the end of the cloth (1 repeat = approx. 8 cm). The tabby weft is orchid cotton twine. At the end of the cloth, weave a 4 cm hem, 1,5 cm inner hem allowance and 2 cm with scrap weft as at the beginning.
AMOUNT OF WEFT YARN NEEDED
Liina Cotton twine, 6-ply, 1 kg = approx. 5300 m
(65) orchid 30 g (tabby weft)
Veera Linen Yarn, tex 240×4, 1 kg = n. 950 m,
Lappajärven Värjäämö
(16) silver 132 g (pattern weft)
Chalice Placemats
Size finished 33,5 cm x 48 cm, 2 pcs
WEAVING INSTRUCTIONS
2 cm with scrap weft (to be unravelled later)
1,5 cm inner hem allowance with black cotton twine
4 cm plain weave for the hem alternating black linen and black cotton twine as weft. Start and finish the hem with Veera linen pressing down the 1. treadle (the leftmost)
Weave 48 cm according to the treadling instructions. Repeat x 4 but leave out the last dark stripe.
One repeat of the silver stripe is approx. 7,5 cm and dark stripe 5,5 cm.
There is always a black tabby pick between the silver and the dark stripe. The tabby weft is cotton twine.
At the end of the cloth, weave a 4 cm hem, 1,5 cm inner hem allowance and 2 cm with scrap weft as at the beginning.
WEFT MATERIALS for 2 placemats
Liina Cotton twine, 6-ply, 1 kg = approx. 5300 m
(80) black 21 g ja (65) orchid 19 g (tabby weft)
Veera Linen Yarn, tex 240×4, 1 kg = n. 950 m,
Lappajärven Värjäämö
(16) silver 95 g and (11) black 76 g (pattern wefts)
