Doubleweave experiment
Finished
September 2023
September 2023

Doubleweave experiment

Project info
Windows draft
Weaving
Me
Tools and equipment
Glimakra Standard 150cm 10 shaft 12 treadle
Yarn
2/28 Diamante
ColourMart Cashmere 2/70nm cobweb
ColourMart Merino/Silk 2/30NM Lace wt "Emblem"
Notes

2/70nm cashmere from Colourmart
Warp wound 4 ends in the hand, 2 blue and 2 brown threaded blue, brown, alternating
15 dent reed, 8 per dent
1860 ends
120 epi
15.5” wide in the reed
4.5 yards
Scarf #1
Doubleweave using windows draft, 2” block stripes.
Block #1 threaded shafts 1-4
Block #2 threaded shafts 5-8
Woven to 70 5/8” including hems.
Treadled as windows draft, with 2 shuttles and 2 colors, twisting threads at each selvedge to keep sides closed.
Blue weft is 2/28 Diamante
Brown weft is 4/65 cash/silk tripled with 2/70 cashmere

Scarf #2
Woven with 2 shuttles, one color (blue)
Woven in two separate pieces
Woven to 40” long on the loom
Weft is 2/30 Emblem wool/silk
Flat felled seam to join

Sample at the end of warp:

  1. Abagail neon
  2. Metal verbena
  3. Metal fox, neon
  4. 2/82nm Silk 65/stainless 35
  5. Silk 95/4 elastic San Jo cone

Doubleweave hem https://doubleweaver.com/blog/doubleweave-hem
Draft info: https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/webdocs/opr_...

Next time, weave windows scarf a bit longer. The windows scarf is a bit too short, and the seamed scarf is a bit too long.

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September 2023
 
About this yarn
by ColourMart
Lace
50% Merino, 50% Silk
2406 yards / 150 grams

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About this yarn
by ColourMart
Cobweb
100% Cashmere goat
5750 yards / 150 grams

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  • Project created: September 21, 2023
  • Finished: October 8, 2023
  • Updated: November 24, 2023