Canvas Weave Linen
Constance and the Quimper Hitty human have had another linen-weaving adventure!
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Shoe Shuttle
Since it is linen we have soaked the weft-wrapped bobbins in water prior to weaving.
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Weft
The linen warp is threaded through the reed in groups of four and the linen weft will be woven in a pattern that also bunches them, making a balanced open-weave pattern.
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Pattern
Constance holds the pattern for me as I weave – it is a simple pattern, but because there are adjacent throws using the same treadle…
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Floating Selvedge
…the web has a floating selvedge. In each row, you throw the shuttle over the floating selvedge at the beginning, and pull it out from under the selvedge at the end…this way the weft is always locked in place at the edge.
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Warp fix
Unfortunately the edges are always under a lot of tension, and the single (unplyed) warp is prone to breakage. Luckily it is relatively easy to add-in another warp!
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End
A few rows of cotton warp to mark the end of the piece…
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cloth!
…we can’t wait to see this nice scrubby wash cloth off the loom, hemmed and washed!
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Lovely work Constance and human!!!! Thank you for teaching us the ropes. What a great way to spend a cold Fall day.
Thank you so much! We love to weave and are grateful our friend let us make a square on her warp…hoping to have more weaving time soon!
Not having ever done weaving, it seems complicated but the results are always oh so beautiful. Thank you for sharing the process with us.
With little steps it isn’t so hard to understand. We are happy to share the process – we love turning string into cloth!
The Country Hittys are in awe of the talent and skills of Constance and her human!!
You are very kind…We feel that we are just lucky to have had the teachings from our family and the opportunity to keep the skills active!
yeah! singles linen warp is very impressive. Love the blue stripe, maybe too nice for a washcloth?
It is pretty isn’t it? I think it will make a lovely rough scrubby washcloth, but will withhold decisions until I see it washed and pressed.