Baby Blankets

Brittnee's twins, Hunter and Walker, were born in late July and I just finished a baby blanket for them.  My excuse is that they were born 2 months pre-mature, so instead of being 3 months late with the blanket, I should only be one month late.  No excuse of course.  My other rationale is that the big loom is in NC and I was in Montana the first couple of months, where my looms have a maximum weaving width of 26", definitely not wide enough for a blanket.  The boys spent their first month in the hospital but are doing splendidly now, gaining lots of weight, and doing what babies should do.

The blanket is based on a design from Handwoven January/February 2012.  Fortunately I found the correction to treadling on Handwoven's website.
http://www.weavingtoday.com/media/g/corrections/default.aspx

I absolutely love this fabric, which is 50% slubby cotton and 50% rayon chenille, and so it has some structure from the cotton, but the chenille adds a nice softness.  I selected colors a little darker than recommended in the magazine and the blanket is much more vibrant.  I hope the twins and Brittnee like it as much as I do.

The darker shades in the blanket, blues, purple and turquoise, would look great as a scarf, 3 blocks wide or about 6 inches wide.  Warping the loom was not fun, given the alternating colors and natural cotton and the frequent color changes.  But once the loom was warped, it was a breeze to weave.  The only issue was the different stretchiness of the rayon vs. the cotton.

Date Finished  October 2012

Loom  Newcomb

Weave Structure Log Cabin
Reed  12

Warp     Fiber  Cotton Flake Noho

              Count  1100 yd/LB

              Color  Natural

              Mfr

              Source  Webs

Warp     Fiber  Rayon Chenille

              Count  1450 yd/lb

              Color  turquoise, blue, purple, pink and salmon

              Mfr

              Source Webs
Warp     Width in Reed 36 inches

              Ends  423

              Length  4 yds

Weft      Same as warp

Beat                       50/50                     

Size       36 X 50, after washing 

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