Melissa's Placemats

Melissa was in Red Lodge over winter break and was looking for a project to keep her occupied while the rest of the family went skiing.  We talked over the phone and by email and she decided to spend the time in Red Lodge weaving on the old 4 harness table loom.  Melissa's degree is in textile engineering and she used to work in designing and implementing industrial woven throws at Crown Craft in North Georgia.  This was her first attempt at doing it the old fashioned way.

She picked a project from Interweave Press that would create 12 placemats and required winding a warp of 9 yards.  She did all this without a warping board and I would have loved to see what the house looked like with 27 feet of warp wound around chairs and other stationary objects.  She must have really hustled to get the warp beamed and 6 placemats finished in 3 or 4 days time.  I finished up the remaining placemats during my next visits to Red Lodge.

Date Finished  June 2012

Loom   Table Loom

Weave Structure  Plain

Reed  

Warp     Fiber  Cotton

              Count  8/2

              Color  Tan, Burgundy, Gold, Blue, Brown

              Mfr

              Source  Earth Guild

Warp     Width in Reed  14"

              Ends  280

              Length  9yds

Weft      Fiber  Cotton

              Count  8/4 used double

              Color  Rust

              Mfr  Maysville

              Source  Earth Guild

Beat                       50/50                     

Size   12" X 18"

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