Kati Peltonen designed a striped warp for weaving course at Inkeroinen Folk High School. Weavers of the course have woven it with several different weighted and coloured yarns. The length of the warp was 35 m!
Several different strength cotton and linen cotton yarns are suitable for the weft. Warp has colours which adapt well with light and dark wefts and the shade can be neutral or bright.
| The Warp | Bockens Cottolin 22/2, tex 80×2, 1 kg = approx. 6400 m |
| Warp | width 50,4 cm density 9 threads/cm number of warp threads 454 |
| Length | 10 m |
| Reed | 45/2 |
| Weave | Twill |
| Weft | Cotton- linen- and cottolin yarns |
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Instructions for winding the warp
62 threads dark blue
2 threads sand
4 ” dark blue
4 ” sand
4 ” dark blue
4 ” sand
4 ” dark blue
8 threads sand
4 ” dark blue
8 ” sand
4 ” dark blue
8 ” sand
4 lankaa ¼-bleached
8 ” sand
4 ” ¼-bleached
8 ” sand
4 ” ¼-bleached
4 ” sand
4 ” ¼-bleached
4 ” sand
4 ” ¼-bleached
2 ” sand
130 threads ¼-bleached = the middle
Wind the other edge of the warp as a mirror image.
454 threads in total
AMOUNT OF WARP YARN NEEDED, length 10 m
Bockens Cottolin 22/2, tex 80×2, 1 kg = n. 6400 m
2000 ¼-bleached 275 g
2031 dark blue 265 g
2049 sand 195 g
The long sauna seat cover
Finished size 50 x 147 cm
The woven length 1,65 m
Density of the weave 9 threads/cm.
WEAVING INSTRUCTIONS for stripes
30 cm light gray
2 shots of unbleached tow linen 4 or handspun linen yarn
*
26 cm light gray
2 shots of unbleached
**
Repeat * – ** 4 x
30 cm light gray
AMOUNT OF WEFT YARN NEEDED for 1 cover
Tow linen 8/1, tex 206, 1 kg = n. 5600 m
light gray 144 g
+ few grammes some thick unbleached tow linen yarn
The small seat cover, blue
Finished size 50 x 45 cm
The woven length 57 cm
Density of the weave 9 threads/cm.
AMOUNT OF WEFT YARN NEEDED for 1 cover
Tow linen 8/1, tex 206, Bockens, 1 kg = n. 5600 m
731 blue 50 g
The small seat cover, white
Finished size 50 x 45 cm
The woven length 57 cm
Density of the weave 9 threads/cm.
AMOUNT OF WEFT YARN NEEDED for 1 cover
Linen 8/1, tex 206, 1 kg = n. 5120 m
½-bleached 55 g
Finishing
Sew the towel ends with 3-step zigzag stitches. Sew the borders by hand using strong yarn. Press. Washing according to the washing instruction for the yarn you used, 40 – 60oC.
Hanging loops
Weave a band for the hangin loops using a rigid heddle loom. Warp the loom with the same yarns you have in the woven cloth. Finished width of the band is 1,5 cm and the length woven for one loop is 15 cm.
THREADING ORDER
18 threads white/dark blue
8 threads sand
Use doubled!
The weft is white linen yarn in the white band and light blue in the dark blue band.