Progress on the Dornik Herringbone Throw Rug

I haven't mentioned much about this weaving project because it looks pretty much the same as it did before. It's getting longer, but the pattern doesn't change, so it always looks the same.

Dornik herringbone throw rug on the loom.

The progress can be seen on the cloth beam.

I'm definitely no speed weaver, but I've developed a nice rhythm, so progress is being made. I'm aiming for a woven on-loom length of about 72 inches. In the above photo, I've woven 54 inches. It's a few inches longer as I go to publish this post.

Until I get better lighting set up, I can only weave on this loom during the day. That's when I get good light from the windows. June is a very busy month, so weaving is just half an hour here and there. But it makes for a wonderful break and it's enough to make progress.

Progress on the Dornik Herringbone Throw Rug

 © June 2024 by Leigh at Leigh's Fiber Journal

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Dornik Herringbone Throw Rug: Starting to Weave

Once the loom was dressed, I could commence weaving! This is always exciting for me, because I am wondering if what reveals itself on the loom will match the idea I have in my head.

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.

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.

Dornik Herringbone Throw Rug: Starting to Weave

 © June 2024 by Leigh at Leigh's Fiber Journal

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Step Three: Planning That First 8-shaft Project

Progress on the Dornik Herringbone Throw Rug 

My Dornik Herringbone Throw Rug is Done 

Bath Mats: Planning

I have two things in mind for my next weaving projects: bath mats and a bathroom rug. We need both, so the first step was deciding which to do first. These are going to be for our small master bath (although our second small kitchen bathroom needs them too). Because we have small bathrooms, both mats and rugs will be on the small side of such things.

The colors will be taken from our stained glass bathroom window.

Photo from December 2012. Blog post here.

I already have yarns suitable for some bath mats, which are Aunt Lydia's/Peaches 'n Cream cotton rug filler/crochet type yarns. 

The golden yellow would work better than the lemon yellow,
but I only have that one ball of the golden, lots of the lemon.

For the rug, I want to make a rag rug, which will require preparing the rag strips, So, I decided to start with the mats. Not sure if I should weave two or three.

I want to continue exploring crackle, so the question is which manner of weaving? I have some no-tabby twill weave samples that I'd like to explore with color, but there are new ones I'd like to try too, Also, I'm pondering if and how to use the variegated yarn. I have lots of possibilities to think about.

I confess these aren't my favorite colors, which makes it all the more challenging. I would have preferred blues and greens, but when we bought the stained glass window, that was the only color on offer. So I've just worked with it.

At any rate, with my last project finished, planning for my next project has begun.

Bath Mats: Planning © Dec 2023

by Leigh at Leigh's Fiber Journal

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And One For Me

After finishing my two table runners, I decided to weave a third table runner for myself, one that I can tie onto my last warp. The weave structure is crackle, and the color scheme is blue and white, inspired from my Blue Willow dishes.

My autumn table runner was one of my very first weaving projects and predates my blog.

The weave pattern is still Scandinavian Favorite, so named because it's found in many old Swedish weaving books. I'm using a different treadling than my last table runner, however.

Warp & tabby weft are blue 8/2 cotton
Pattern weft is white 6/2 cotton

Could they pass for snowflakes? Probably not, but I'll be happy to have it anyway. After years of using the dining room to store furniture and boxes while we renovated other parts of the house, I've finally cleared it out and can use it as a dining room again. I've been wanting to weave more for the home, and this is a good start. Maybe one of these days I'll tackle weaving fabric for new dining room drapes. Crackle would be a good one for that, I'm thinking. 

And One For Me © Nov. 2023

by Leigh at Leigh's Fiber Journal

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Light At The End Of The Tunnel

By Leigh

In my case, the tunnel is house renovation, and the light is finally catching a glimpse of what it will be like to have a huge project in the living room done, tearing down the old fireplace and putting in a new hearth and chimney for a wood burning stove. This has not just meant spending most of our time on this, but it has also meant an upheaval of our living quarters. Because deconstruction and working with bricks and mortar is such as dusty, dirty job, we've moved all of the living room furniture to other parts of the house. We've been sporting that "just moved in" look for months now!

The tearing down phase seemed the quickest. The rebuilding part is going much more slowly. Still, we're finally getting to a point where I can visualize having our living room back. And with that, I'm starting to think about weaving for it.

What I'm currently contemplating, is weaving drapery fabric. I've never attempted anything like that before, but when we first bought the place, I immediately started to think about all the things I could weave for it: kitchen, bath, and table linens, rugs, curtains, drapes, throws, upholstery fabric, etc. Although I haven't yet given much thought to design and weave structure, I have been contemplating color.

Here are the colors I have to work with...

The colors are roughly accurate on your computer monitor.

Plus, I've been collecting paint chips for wall color ........

image fail of paint chips

......... well, never mind the paint chips. They would neither photograph nor scan anywhere near their actual color. Suffice it to say that they are coordinating pale to light neutrals for my walls. I also have one burgundy chair and my furniture is a medium/dark cherry.

I'm inspired enough with this that I would like to dig through my stash and pull out various colors of yarns to compare with my sofa, rug, cushions, and chair. Unfortunately, my stash is another matter, because I can't find all my yarns! Thanks to the current state of chaos in our home due to our project, some yarns are in my studio hidden behind piles of boxes, others are still packed away ............. somewhere.

Though we still have a long way to go on any number of house projects (especially kitchen and bathrooms), weaving is something to contemplate as cooler weather approaches. As much as I've loved being out of doors this summer, I am also looking forward to spending time indoors this winter, cozy with that new wood burning stove, and fibernating.

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