This week my weaving life has been spent working on the black and white napkins done in 20/2 pearle cotton yarn. Yesterday, I took all of the napkins sett at 45 epi off the loom. Then this morning I re-threaded for a sett of 36 epi, dropping about 140 threads in the process so I can keep my 13 inch width. For starters black and white thread is unforgiving. It shows every uneven beat, missed treadle, and areas where the weft wasn't quite laid in perfectly. Which for my experiment is great but maybe not so perfect for someone who wants to feel good about their level of weaving skills. Ha! Here goes... Napkin 1 (unwashed): sett at 45 epi, has a tie up that is half plain weave half twill. I really had to beat the weft in to get about a 35ppi. Since I had to beat the weft in there were lots of uneven beats which you can see with the darker an lighter areas and the different sized diamonds. Napkin 2, 3, 4 (unwashed): 45epi with about 50ppi, this was so much easier to weave since I was using the correct sett. My selvedges even fixed themselves, after the first napkin made them sag. For the hems I did a basketweave to limit draw in before I started doing the pattern. Overall, I think it is decent though you can tell on Napkin 3 I stopped paying attention to the ppi in the middle of the napkin, maybe it was when Gandolf died in my Lord of the Rings audio book. You can also see a subtle streak on the left side of each image, that's because there is one dent where I threaded 4 instead of 3 ends in a dent. I really hope that washes out considering it is 1 thread a quarter of a millimeter out of line! Napkin 5 (unwashed): Here I changed the treadling but kept the 50 ppi. I just wanted to make up a new treadling sequence before I changed the tie-up. Napkin 6, 7, 8 (unwashed): These napkins were beat at different pressures. It's a turned twill tie-up which makes the advancing twill threading really dance in the pattern. But it also made the resistance much different than the first 5 napkins I did. For napkin 6 I was determined to get my 50 ppi, which made a denser fabric, but for napkins 7 & 8 I liked the look of it sett at 40ppi better. Although I think I started to worry about the battle of the Ents at Isengard (The Two Towers audiobook) because my ppi begin to vary wildly in napkin 8. Napkin 9 (unwashed): 45epi with the same tie up as 6,7, and 8 but I wanted to try a different treadling. I stayed at the 40ppi and let the little towers grow. Now back to my loom to finish napkins 10-12. Here is a fun parting picture: Happy Weaving! -Val P.S. the drafts are from Coral Strickler's 8 shaft book page 86-87 examples 318-322 threading 3
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