I’m starting with a dummy warp because I need to keep loom waste to a bare minimum. If this goes well then I will tie on more warps and make more of them.
The plain weave base is at 12 epi with a sari silk pattern warp end every 24 base ends. I am sleying this on an 8 dent reed as 2/2/2/1/2/1/2/silk/2/1/2/1/2/1/2/1. The sari silk pattern warp is too thick for a 12 dent reed and too thick to share a dent in the 8 dent reed.
If anyone is interested: I have figured out how to weave this pattern on 6 shafts instead of 10. The revised draft is among the project images.
Oct. 1: I am so dumb! I didn’t put any sizing on the sari silk and it really didn’t like rubbing on the reed. I had to spot size it with hair gel. It’s really beautiful though. Worth the trouble. Next time I will use a strong gelatin sizing on the sari silk.
Also, the S-twist sari silk did not twist well with the Z-twist alpaca. I will have to extract many of them and weave them in.
| Length | Width |
|---|
| Off loom | 61” | 26½“ |
| Finished | 58½“ | 25” |
| Planned | 62” | 24” |
| Warp Ends | Calculation |
|---|
| Finished width | 24.00” |
| + Shrinkage (7.00%) | + 1.68” |
| + Take-up (10.00%) | + 2.57” |
| = Width at reed | = 28.25” |
| × Warp Sett | × 12.00 epi |
| = Warp ends | = 339 ends |
| + Adjustment for pattern | −3 |
| = Total warp ends | = 336 ends |
| Warp Length | Calculation |
|---|
| Finished length | 62.00” |
| + Shrinkage (7.00%) | + 4.34” |
| + Take-up (10.00%) | + 6.70” |
| = Length to weave (relaxed) | = 67.00” |
| = Length to weave (under tension) | = 73.00” |
| + Fringe | + 16.00” |
| = Length of item | = 89.00” |
| × Item count | × 1.00 |
| = Length of weaving | = 77.00” |
| + Loom waste | + 12.00” |
| + Warp length adjustment | + 1.00” |
| = Total warp length | = 90.00” |
| = 2 yards 18” |
| = 229 cm |
| Yarn | Amount |
|---|
| Total warp ends | 336 ends |
| × Total warp length | × 90.00” |
| = Total warp yarn required | = 840 yards |
| Actual width at reed | 28.00” |
| × Picks per inch | × 12.00 ppi |
| × Length to weave | × 73.70” |
| × Item count | × 1.00 |
| = Total weft yarn required | = 682 yards |
| = Total yarn required | = 1522 yards |
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