S and Z Studies

Materials

Yarns Warp: 8/4 cotton (1,680 yd/lb; Maurice Brassard), #5981 Navy, 444 yd. Weft: 8/4 cotton, #5981 Navy, 14 yd. Sugar’n Cream (100% cotton; 120 yd/ 2.5 oz; Lily), Sage Green, Mod Green, Azure, Light Blue, and Wine, 240 yd each.
Equipment 4-shaft loom or rigid-heddle loom, 14" weaving width; 10-dent reed; 1 shuttle and 1 rag shuttle.
Structure Plain weave with twisted weft.
Warp length 148 ends 3 yd (108") long (allows 10" for take-up, 42" for sampling and loom waste; loom waste includes fringe).
Setts Warp: 10 epi (1/dent in a 10-dent reed; 2/dent at edges).
Weft: 10–11 ppi.
Dimensions Width in the reed: 14". Woven length: (measured under tension on the loom) 56".
Finished size: (after wet-finishing) 13¼" × 50½" with 4½" fringe.

About: Tom Knisely has taught weaving and spinning for the past 40 or so years. He enjoys collecting and studying antique textiles to gain a better understanding of how they were woven. He writes about textiles for Long Thread Media and has published six books on textiles. In addition, Tom has written two children’s books about spinning and weaving.

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