This week I'm going to introduce you to my latest weaving project, Lime Log Cabin Placemats
These are to be Christmas presents for my parents to be used on their kitchen dining table. It's only a 2 seater table so I'm just making 2 placemats and hopefully a table runner.
It was abit tricky warping this up, took me a couple of attempts to understand what I had to do.
To get the right effect, rather than having the colours alternate in the slots and holes, one colour needs to stick to the slots and the other in the holes. When you want to change the squares to highlight the pattern you switch the colours around. It's rather difficult to explain but it does work honest!
The details of how I threaded the warp can be found on my Ravelry project page, but here it is for you too:
Warp
White (holes), Green (slots) - 4 times
Green (holes), white (slots) - 2 times
Repeat 3 times
White (holes), Green (slots) - 4 times
Warp Length = 60”
EPI = 7.5
Total 44 ends
Weft
White, Green (16 rows)
Green, White (8 rows)
So far I've done the 2 placemats and now I'm just going to keep weaving in the hopes I have enough warp left for a runner. Fingers crossed this will be done in time for Christmas!
xoxo
Sophie
Your weaving looks fantastic! It's something I'd love to have the time/space for but it's sadly not to be at the moment. I'll live vicariously through other weavers though!
ReplyDeleteI'm very lucky to have space for my loom, I actually hang it on the wall when it's not in use.
DeleteOh, weaving is very interesting for me. But I did only some finger weaving projects like a bookmark or some bracelets. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
ReplyDeleteWeaving is fascinating, I'm really looking forward to trying different patterns and techniques.
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