Swarthmore Check

Swarthmore Check is a canvas weave structure and which has doubled threads in both the warp and the weft.  Because there are doubled weft threads, it also requires a floating selvedge to catch the double wefts.  I wove this in a number of different patterns, some with just a couple of wide weft stripes and some with weft stripes throughout, looking a little plaid like.

Because there are a number of weft floats, these make thirsty towels.

Structure    Swarthmore Check
Source        Davison, A Handweaver's Pattern Book, page 69
Date Finished  April 2015

Loom  Baby Wolf

Reed  10, 20 epi

Warp     Fiber  Cotton

              Count  8/2

              Color  White and Yellow

Warp     Width in Reed  20 inches

              Ends  400

              Length  6 yds

Weft      Fiber  Cotton

              Count  8/2 and 10/2

              Color  Red, green and navy

Beat       50/50                  
Size  18x28