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May/June 2009
On Newsstands May 26, 2009
Project & Yarn Requirements
Volume XXX, Number 3
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The ABCs of Natural Yarns
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Swatch Collection #38 by Sharon Alderman: Silk, the Luxury Fiber
4-shaft and 8-shaft looms, swatches in double-faced twill and plain weave, huck lace, and warp-float blocks.
20/2 silk (4,900 yd/lb, Webs), White #601. |
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Hot Pad by Rita Buchanan
4-shaft loom, twill.
Warp: 20/2 linen (3,000 yd/lb, Valley Yarns Linen, Webs), natural, 126 yd.
Weft: a few yd of warp yarn for hem facings; a bundle of dried iris, daylily, or similar leaves, 18–30" long.
Finished size: one double-thick hot pad 8" x 8". |
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Geometry Man Tapestry by Karen Donde
Tapestry or 2-shaft loom, weft-faced plain weave.
Warp: 12/9 cotton seine twine (925 yd/lb, Vävstuga Swedish Weaving and Folk Arts), 75–100 yd.
Weft: Paternayan rug wool (672 yd/lb), about 110 yd total in several colors.
Finished size: 7" x 11-1/4". |
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One-Skein Scarf by Liz Gipson
Rigid-heddle loom, Atwater-Bronson lace (with pick-up).
Warp and weft: 2-ply 100% cashmere (3,657 yd/lb, Still River Mill, 200 yd/25 g skein), Natural Sand, 187 yd.
Finished size: after washing, one scarf 4-1/4" x 25" plus 3/4" fringe at each end. |
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A Weaver’s Test Kitchen:
Dishtowels in Four Different Yarns by Kate Lange-McKibben
4-shaft loom for all four sets of towels in huck lace.
Warp and weft for linen towels: Linen 14 used doubled (7,000 yd/lb, Cotton Clouds), Cream, 6,500 yd; Burlap, 466 yd; Cilantro, 236 yd; Flax and Green Tea, 332 yd each.
Warp and weft for naturally colored organic cotton towels: 10/2 unmercerized cotton (4,200 yd/lb, Fox Fibre, Cotton Clouds), Pima, 3,250 yd; 100% brown, 233 yd; 100% green, 118 yd; 50% brown and 50% green, 166 yd each.
Warp and weft for cotton towels: 8/2 unmercerized cotton (3,570 yd/lb, Aurora Earth, Cotton Clouds), Natural, 2,700 yd; Beige #15, 233 yd; Special Green #11, 118 yd; Mustard #35 and Plum Green #4, 166 yd each.
Warp and weft for cottolin towels: 22/2 cottolin (60% cotton/40% linen, 2,900 yd/lb, Cotton Clouds), Natural, 2,700 yd; Brick Red, 233 yd; Olive Green, 118 yd; Light Brown and Light Green, 166 yd each.
Finished sizes after washing: four hemmed towels 16-18" x 23-27". |
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Shawl in Handspun Alpaca by Linda Ligon
4-shaft loom, huck.
Warp and weft: handspun alpaca (about 2,600 yd/lb, Thrums), natural brown, about 1,200 yd.
Finished size after washing: one hemmed shawl 18" x 65" plus 2" knitted edging on each end. |
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Rosepath Table Runner by Suzie Liles
4-shaft loom, rosepath.
Warp and tabby weft: singles tow linen (2,064 yd/lb; #6 Tow Linen, Lone Star Loom Room), half bleached, 700 yd.
Pattern weft: singles tow linen, green, 34 yd; yellow and mauve, 15 yd each; raspberry and maroon, 8 yd each.
Finished size after washing: one hemmed runner 14" x 25-1/2". |
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Wool Afghan by Sigrid Piroch
8-shaft loom, point twill.
Warp: 2-ply woolen-spun wool (800 yd/lb; 200 yd/4 oz skein, Bartlettyarns Maine Wool, Halcyon Yarn), F20 Natural #204, 455 yd; L2 Blue Loch #217, 410 yd.
Weft: 2-ply woolen-spun wool, Natural #204, 535 yd.
Finished size after washing: one afghan 25" ´ 60" plus 3" twisted fringe at each end. |
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Twill Pillows by Alice Selby
8-shaft loom, twill and plain weave.
Warp: 2-ply 50% buffalo, 50% alpaca (900 yd/lb, Lonesome Stone Natural Fiber Mill), Buffalo Brown, 739 yd.
Weft: 2-ply 50% buffalo, 50% alpaca, Buffalo Brown, 800 yd.
Finished sizes: two pillows 19" ´ 19" each. |
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Five-Silk Scarf by Karen Selk
8-shaft loom, twill blocks.
Warp: 120/8 tussah silk (6,100 yd/lb), 168 yd; 20/2 noil bombyx silk (4,500 yd/lb), 162 yd; 20/2 spun bombyx silk (5,000 yd/lb), 132 yd; 8/2 reeled bombyx silk (2,800 yd/lb), 108 yd; all colors are natural.
Weft: 20/2 muga silk (4,500 yd/lb), natural, 417 yd.
Finished size after washing: 5-7/8" x 63" plus 3-1/2" fringe at each end. |
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Alpaca Scarf by Dorothy Solbrig
8-shaft loom, twill with color-and-weave effects.
Warp: sportweight alpaca (1,175 yd/lb, North Brook Farm), brown, 209 yd; sportweight alpaca (1,225 yd/lb, North Brook Farm), white, 198 yd.
Weft: sportweight alpaca (same as warp), brown, 141 yd; white,139 yd.
Finished size after washing: 8-1/2" x 55" with 3" twisted fringe at each end. |
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Weaving for Sale: Scarf by Madelyn van der Hoogt
4-shaft loom, huck lace.
Warp: 20/2 wool (4,750 yd/lb, Mora, Glimåkra USA, 1,035 yd/3.5 oz skein), natural #2001, 489 yd.
Weft: 20/2 wool, natural #2001, 343 yd.
Finished size after washing: 9-1/2" x 61" with 1-3/4" twisted fringe at each end. |
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