In my project planning post, I mentioned that I want to weave a pine tree and snowball table runner. For it, I'm thinking of adapting a coverlet pattern from Mary Meigs Atwater's Recipe Book.
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Mary Meigs Atwater, The Recipe Book, Series I, "Coverlets," Recipe No. 12. |
It's a complicated pattern, however, and I've learned that the threading drafts in that book don't always jive with the image. Happily, Mary Snyder adapted the Atwater draft for bookmarks.
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| Mary Snyder, The Crackle Weave page 24, 1961 edition |
Starting with this will give me a chance to better understand the threading and treadling,
before tackling the larger project. Plus, I'm thinking that having a selection
of bookmarks on hand will be nice for little gifts as needed.
Snyder has some good suggestions for yarn colors too, although the bookmarks call for a much finer yarn than I will use for a table runner. The bookmark call for 20/2 cotton warp at 44 e.p.i. With my 12-dent reed, I will sley it 3-4-4. Tabby weft is the same yarn as the warp. The pattern weft is heavier, so I'm going to start with 10/2s . My color choices are medium blue for the warp and tabby, white weft for the snowballs, and green for the pine trees.
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| Not the best representation of the green. Hopefully, it will look more accurate when I photograph the bookmarks in progress. |
I haven't decided about the little squares that separate the motifs. Maybe a red to give them a Christmasy look? Or black or blue? I'll have to experiment.
Currently, the loom is being threaded, so weaving will begin soon.
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