I put a short warp on the Baby Wolf in Montana for weaving small bags. I planned to use a warp dominant structure, since the weft might be plarn (plastic yarn - cut up plastic grocery bags). Another requirement was to utilize cotton yarn that I had in my stash, so either 8/2 or 5/2 cotton. Searching through the warp rep projects in old Handwoven magazines, I found this 6 shaft plain weave, using thick and thin weft to create different warp stripe or block patterns. I wove enough for 6 small bags, 5 which had flaps of handwoven fabric and one used a button closure. All had straps made from the same 5/2 cotton doubled in an 8 strand kumihimo pattern. I wove several using plastic bags for the thick weft and several with 3/2 cotton doubled as the thick weft. All used a 20/2 cotton for the thin weft. I liked the look and feel of the bags with the 3/2 cotton weft better than the plarn bags.
Structure Almost Rep Weave
Source Handwoven Sept 2005
Date Finished Sept 2015
Loom Baby Wolf
Reed 12, 24 epi
Warp Fiber 5/2 cotton
Count
Color red, orange, yellow, blue
Warp Width in Reed 8.5
Warp Width in Reed 8.5
Ends 220
Length 4 yds
Weft 3 with plarn (plastic grocery bag yarn) and 20/2 cotton orange
3 with 3/2 cotton doubled, navy blue and 20/2 cotton
3 with 3/2 cotton doubled, navy blue and 20/2 cotton
Beat Warp Faced
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