Rigid Heddle Rustic Placemats (2013)

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RH Rustic Placmeat
 Pattern:  Plain Weave

Yarns:  Sakura Cotton (by Estelle Yarns) for weft; Bernat Handicrafter Cotton Ultrasoft for warp
Method:  Weaving
Completed:  August 25, 2013.

This was a project on my rigid heddle loom (Schacht Flip, 15"; used 8 dent reed, 112 ends).  The Sakura Cotton is a very slow changing variegated yarn, so I made sure to wind/rewind the yarn on the shuttle so that cut ends would line up (and colours would continue evenly).  Used about 4 balls of the Bernat Handicrafter Cotton, and about 2/3 of one skein of the Sakura Cotton.   

Wove the placemats to 18", left about 1" between placemats.  Sewed down the ends before washing.  After washing -- placemats measure 11.5" x 14.5".


  my woven table        top down table You can see the colour progression between placemats ("in order").

placemat 1placemat 2placemat 3 with plate
 Other 3 placemats
ends, pre-washpre wash
 Before washing -- trimmed edge, whole placemat
on loomone warpwarp stretched outstretched out, too Warp-focus -- on the loom, and thend all stretched out on the floor
starting!
 Getting started..

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