Project Particulars
- Project: throw rug
- Pattern: Dornik Herringbone from Mary Meigs Atwater's Recipe Book.
- Loom: Glimakra 8-shaft countermarch
- Draft: I showed you screenshots from Recipe Book in my Step Three: Planning That First 8-shaft Project post, but I also created a more modern looking draft with WeaveDesign.
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You can click on the image to enlarge it. Davison has the 4-shaft version of this draft on page 25 of A Handweaver's Pattern Book. |
Pretty simple, actually. Atwater states that the benefit of this particular
herringbone pattern is that it doesn't produce a three-thread skip at the
point of reverse.
- Yarn: 4-ply medium weight cotton
- Warp: Peaches & Creme in "Happy Go Lucky" (variegated)
- Weft: Sugar 'n Cream in sage green
- Sett: 8 e.p.i.
- P.P.I.: 15
- Width in reed: 43⅝ inches
- Width on loom: 40⅝ inches
- Projected length: 60 inches or so plus fringe
Weaving Observations
- It's pretty slow going to start. I'm getting used to the loom again: developing a rhythm with the shuttle, experimenting with how hard to throw it and how hard to beat, best time to advance the warp, when to change beater position, plus getting used to feeling for the next treadle with my feet.
- The sett should have been tighter; I should have been thinking "twill." But I'm okay with the results, which I think will work for this rug.
- Not as tweedy looking as I imagined, but that's okay too.
So far so good. Hopefully, I'll develop a rhythm and pick up speed soon.
4 comments:
It looks lovely Leigh! Is it more or less or just different than you expected? I can imagine that would be an issue when you do not "really know" until you see it start to develop.
And it begins! Congrats!!
Thanks, TB! It's pretty much what I hoped for. I was envisioning a more balanced weave, i.e. when the number of warp ends is the same as the number of weft shots per inch. That would have made the diagonals in the herringbone more of a 45 degree angle; as it is my "Vs" are flatter in appearance. But the integrity of the fabric is good, not too loose or flimsy for the purpose. It will tighten up after I get it off the loom and wet finished.
Color is usually the thing I hold my breath for because color blending in weaving is more complicated than, say, mixing paint. How the threads interlace is a factor there, and I'm often surprised by it. I chose these colors from the quilt I'm going to use as window coverings, and I think they're working quite well. :)
Meg, thanks! Except it's going to be rather monotonous weaving, I fear. But I'm seriously into utilitarian weaving at the moment, so I'm motivated by that. :)
That makes sense Leigh - I can see how it would not be truly "visible" until the moment that the threads are truly in place.
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