It seems a crime to thread 544 ends and only make one article, so I am tying on another warp and making four more baby blankets. This time I am using a temple and experiment with weft angles to get a cleaner selvedge. The first blanket had an OK edge but the warp threads were much tighter.
Oct 17: These things take as long to hand-stitch the hem as they do to weave! The temple and weft bubbling really improved the edges of the blanket. The fabric is also less dense than the previous baby blanket. I probably should have gone for 18epi. Breaks and recesses has less interlacement than 2/2 twill so a closer sett is probably appropriate. Also, I should probably add some plain or basket weave at the edge for the temple to bite into instead of running the pattern all the way to the edge.
| Stage | Dimensions |
|---|
| on loom | 35”×56” |
| off loom, hemmed | 32”×48” |
| wet finished & ironed | 28”×42” |
Pretty close to the target dimensions.
| Warp Ends | Calculation |
|---|
| Finished width | 31.00” |
| + Shrinkage (8.00%) | + 2.48” |
| + Take-up (7.00%) | + 2.34” |
| = Width at reed | = 35.82” |
| × Warp Sett | × 15.24 epi |
| = Warp ends | = 546 ends |
| + Adjustment for pattern | −2 |
| = Total warp ends | = 544 ends |
| Warp Length | Calculation |
|---|
| Finished length | 48.00” |
| + Shrinkage (8.00%) | + 3.84” |
| + Take-up (7.00%) | + 3.64” |
| = Length to weave (relaxed) | = 52.00” |
| = Length to weave (under tension) | = 56.00” |
| + Fringe | + 0.00” |
| = Length of item | = 56.00” |
| × Item count | × 4.00 |
| = Length of weaving | = 218.00” |
| + Loom waste | + 27.00” |
| = Total warp length | = 252.00” |
| = 7 yards 0” |
| Yarn | Amount |
|---|
| Total warp ends | 544 ends |
| × Total warp length | × 252.00” |
| = Total warp yarn required | = 3808 yards |
| Actual width at reed | 35.70” |
| × Picks per inch | × 15.24 ppi |
| × Length to weave | × 55.64” |
| × Item count | × 4.00 |
| = Total weft yarn required | = 3491 yards |
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