Handwoven magazine project special

 

3, 100 gram cones 60/2 spun mulberry silk

1 bleached & 2 natural 3,000 yards per cone

$37 with free shipping in the US

 

 

Silk project

 

Structure: Plain weave

Equipment: 4 shaft loom, 14” weaving width, 20 dent reed, 1 shuttle

Yarns: warp - 60/2 spun silk (15,000 yd/lb), natural, 3780 yd. Weft - 60/2 spun silk, white, 1,788 yd

Warp Length - 840 ends, 4.5” long (allow 6” for take up and 32” for loom waste; loom waste includes fringe)

setts: Warp - 60 EPI (4/dent in a 20 dent reed, threade in stripes of 12 seperated by 1 empty dent). Weft: 34 PPI

Dimensions: Width in the reed - 12-7/8”
Woven Length (measured in tension on the loom): 124” (2 scarves, 62” each, seperated by 4”).
Finished size after washing: 2 scarves, 13”x61” plus 2” fringe at either end