Friday, April 11, 2014

Doubleweave Mug Rugs

Doubleweave is one of the structures that I have wanted to explore since I started weaving again.  I was teaching a friend to weave recently and she picked doubleweave from a project in Handwoven as the weave structure she wanted to use for her second project.  The Handwoven project used rayon chenille and she wanted to make cloth using a heavier weight cotton to make a tote bag.  I wasn't sure what sett we would need to use for 5/2 cotton, so I decided to put a short warp on to sample and found this pattern for mug rugs, so we could kill two stones with one bird.  Glad that we sampled, cause her structure didn't look so good, the colors ended up pretty muddy, but the mug rugs came out great.

Date Finished  February 2014
Loom    Baby Wolf
Weave Structure  Doubleweave
Reed  8 dent, 32 epi
Warp     Fiber  cotton
              Count   5/2
              Color  yellow, orange, burgundy
              Mfr  Valley Yarns
              Source  Webs
Warp     Width in Reed  5"
              Ends   168
              Length  3 yds
Weft      Fiber  same as warp
              Count
              Color
              Mfr
              Source
Beat                       50/50                     

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