I had a yard-long warp and managed to weave three pine tree and snowball snowflake bookmarks. Atwater and Snyder called them snowballs, but I changed the name to snowflake because, as you can see, mine aren't solid like their diagrams.
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| Fresh off the loom in the order woven (left to right). The middle bookmark is backside up. |
Particulars
- Pattern: Mary Snyder, The Crackle Weave (1961 edition) page 24, which was based on Mary Meigs Atwater's The Recipe Book Series I, Recipe No. 12.
- Structure: 4-shaft crackle weave
- Yarns (all cotton):
- Warp: 20/2 cotton warp in light blue
- Tabby weft: same as warp
- Pattern weft:
- for the two on the left I used 6/2 in dark green and white
- 10/2 for the one on the right I used 10/2 in medium green and natural
- Warp ends: 100
- Sett: 44 e.p.i.
- Sley: 3-4-4 in a 12-dent reed
- Threading:
- Treadling: ad lib
Notes and Observations
- There wasn't a treadling draft so I experimented.
- I also experimented with yarn weights and colors.
- Of the pattern yarns, I like the heavier 6/2 better.
- It made a firmer fabric, which would be more suitable for a table runner.
- It made the pattern stand out more
- I had a couple of warp yarn breakages, some of which I didn't fix because the sett crams the heddles so close together, making it difficult to rethread them.
This was a good project and I gleaned good information for a possible future table runner in an adaptation of Atwater's coverlet pattern.
Pine Tree & Snowball Bookmarks: Planning
2 comments:
I like the back side best!
It's pretty neat, isn't it Michelle :) I kinda like it best too!
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