Weave Eleven Pillows— All on One Warp! Web Supplement 4-Shaft Project Madelyn Van Der Hoogt and Suzie Liles

TM Shop.WeavingToday.com Weave eleven pillows— all on one warp! Web Supplement 4-shaft project madelyn van der hoogt and suzie liles

Take a round-robin workshop in your own studio and keep all the samples! With this #1

project, you’ll thread once and use eleven different treadling methods for many Po int tit

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o ws ) ob alt ; P ill ; , C , tt s co tland o by Do nald by o t e S h e (H a rr is v ill e P h o structure each. Flame-point pillow: Harrisville or handwoven) 15" by 175" for pillow Project originally Overshot, boundweave, lace, honey- Shetland, Gold, Mellow, Red, and backs. published in comb, petit point, spetsväv, and more. Poppy, 90 yd each. Italian pillow: Handwoven Harrisville Shetland, Cornflower, Violet, Warp length magazine, Novem- Equipment and Hyacinth, 130 yd each. Honeycomb 323 ends (includes 2 floating selvedg- ber/December 2015, 4-shaft loom, 17" weaving width; 10- pillow, cell weft: Harrisville Shetland, es) 7 yd long (allows 12" for take-up, pages 54-55. © F+W dent reed; 4 shuttles. Jade and Hemlock, 75 yd each. Outline 40" for loom waste and sampling). Media, Inc. Not to be weft: crochet cotton (136 yd/50g; reprinted. All rights Yarns 1,240 yd/lb) or 3/2 pearl cotton (1,200 setts reserved. Join our Warp and the weft for plain-weave yd/lb), 50 yd. Petit point #1 pillow: Warp: 20 epi (2/dent in a 10-dent online weaving sections between towels: 10/2 pearl 10/2 cotton, Natural, 165 yd; Harrisville reed). community at cotton (4,200 yd/lb), 2,500 yd Natu- Shetland, Grass, 90 yd. Petit point #2 Weft: setts are given with the treadling WeavingToday.com, ral. All other weft yarns: Star fashion pillow: 10/2 cotton, Natural, 165 yd; instructions for each pillow. and visit Inter- and rose fashion pillows: 10/2 cotton, 8/2 unmercerized cotton (3,360 yd/ weaveStore.com/ Natural,160 yd each pillow; Harrisville lb), Navy, 165 yd. Spetsväv pillow: 5/2 Dimensions weaving.html for 1 Shetland (1,800 yd/lb), Cobalt, 160 yd cotton, Natural, 100 yd; 8/2 cotton, Lip- Width in the reed: 16 ⁄5". Finished width more great projects! for one pillow, and Violet, 160 yd for stick, 200 yd. Lace-weave pillow: 10/2 (after washing): 141/2".Woven length the other. Echo weave pillow: 10/2 cot- cotton, Safari, 260 yd. (measured under tension on the loom): ton, Natural, 130 yd; Harrisville Shet- 200" (about 153/4" per pillow face). Notions land, Cobalt and Midnight Blue, 150 yd Finished sizes after washing and sew- each. On opposites pillow: Harrisville Off-white sewing thread, eleven 14" pil- ing: eleven pillows, 14" × 14" each. Shetland, Poppy and Blackberry, 130 yd low forms, finished fabric (commercial

page 1 In the early 1980s, Samplers You Can hensive samplers that double as shawls, Use by Penelope Drooker introduced placemats, blankets, towels, pillows, and more. handweavers to the benefits of weaving This overshot pillow project is especially samplers that are actual pieces and can be rewarding, not only for what you’ll learn from used or worn. In addition to very detailed it, but also for the eleven beautiful pillows that tips for planning and weaving samplers in are the tangible result. general, complete weaving instructions are given in Drooker’s book for twelve compre-

number of treadling variations on buy about 3,500 yards more of the Natural A overshot threadings are included in 10/2 pearl cotton weft, you can weave Mary Black’s Key to Weaving (flame point, on enough plain-weave fabric on the same opposites, Italian, and honeycomb, for exam- warp to use for the backing fabric. ple), but Samplers You Can Use adds several more to that resource. You can choose similar Resources colors for the yarns in each pillow to make a Drooker, Penelope B. Samplers You Can Use. Loveland, Colorado: Interweave, 1984, pp. coordinated set, or choose different yarns for 55–56, 78–81. each one to decorate several rooms and/or give as gifts. Using different colors can turn this Wind a warp of 323 ends 7 yd long (includes project into a color study as well as a study of 1 2 floating selvedges). Sley 2/dent in a 10-dent weave structures. reed for 20 ends per inch. Thread the shaftts following the Draft on page 6. Weave 1" of some considerations plain weave and then plan to weave 2" of plain As Drooker points out, some of the structures weave between pillow faces. Follow the treadling instructions for each pillow face as given. produced by the treadling systems in this Measure as you go, and try to match the weft project are so different from each other (lace setts given so that the pillows are square; add or weaves from boundweave, for example) that subtract picks from the larger blocks if needed.

they would normally use different setts. Her Remove the fabric from the loom and machine sampler uses 12/2 pearl cotton as warp at 20 2 zigzag raw edges. Since it is easier to handle ends per inch. The instructions for the pillow the fabric in small pieces, you can also machine faces shown here are rewritten for 10/2 pearl zigzag and cut apart the pillow faces in the centers of the 2" plain- weave sections before cotton, which is more commonly available washing. Wash by hand in warm water with a today. For most of the treadling variations, small amount of Dawn liquid. Rinse and lay flat the beat must be very firm. Start your to dry. Press. sampler with the “star” treadling and weave Right sides together, machine sew the pillow from a to c (see page 6) and measure. You 3 face to pillow backing along three sides, leav- should have about 81/2" at that point. Extra ing one side open (this should be a side that warp length has been included to allow includes the machine zigzagged plain-weave edge). Turn right side out, stuff with the pillow sampling, so if you need to adjust your beat form, and close the last seam by hand (or sew or eliminate or add pattern picks to some of in a zipper if you prefer). the larger blocks, you can start over, making those adjustments. Project instructions do not include the backing fabric, but if you add five yards to the warp length (twelve yards total) and

page 2 Sampler with eleven pillow faces woven by Suzie Liles

Star fashion Rose fashion 10/2 cotton, 10/2 cotton, Harrisville Shetland, Harrisville Shetland, Cobalt Violet

On opposites Echo weave Harrisville Shetland, Harrisville Shetland, Poppy, Blackberry Cobalt, Midnight Blue

page 3 Flame point Italian Harrisville Shetland, Harrisville Shetland, Gold, Mellow, Red, Cornflower, Violet, Poppy Hyacinth,

Petit point #1 Petit point #2 10/2 cotton, Natural, 10/2 cotton, Natural Harrisville Shetland, 8/2 cotton, Navy Grass

page 4 Lace variation Spetsväv 10/2 cotton, Natural 5/2 cotton, Natural 8/2 cotton, Lipstick

Honeycomb Crochet cotton, white, Harrisville Shetland, Jade and Hemlock

page 5 Draft for sampler 5x a a b 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 / c b a / 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5x 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 Thread a to c (center thread), then b back to a. = oating selvedges 3 a b 1 2 3 4 5

star fashion 5 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 Italian 6 2 2 2 7 1 1 1 On opposites Echo weave 9 / a b 1 2 3 4 a b 1 2 3 4 11 10 / 4 4 4 4 4 4 a 4 9 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 7 4 5x 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 Flame point 5 4 / plain weave, / 3 4 a b 1 2 3 4 A B C D a / tabby / a 4 a 3 1 4 4 4 2 4 2 4 b 1 3 3 3 2 5x 4 c 16 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 5x 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 1 / 2 2 1 1 a / 2 2 1 4 5x 2 1 2 2 1 4 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 A 3 3 2 3 3 rose fashion 3 3 4 2 3 3 3 5 3 4 2 4 3 5 1 2 4 3 5 4 2 B 2 4 5 6 4 3 3 4 5 7 4 9 3 3 4 5 4 11 4 3 4 5 4 C 10 4 1 4 5 5 9 4 2 4 5 5 7 4 2 5 6 6 7 5 4 3 6 6 6 4 D 6 8 7 5 5 3 5 1 5 8 7 3 5 4 10 9 b 2 6 Use the 4 colors for 4 10 9 c 16 6 each block (treadles 3 9 11 6 1, 2, 3, and 4) for the 3 9 11 Use tabby 8 number of times 2 8 10 (treadles a and b) 8 indicated in the 2 8 10 after every 8 block treadling order 1 b 6 9 pattern pick. 10 10 6 9 at the right. 10 c 6 7 Use each pattern 10 6 7 treadle the 9 Weft sett: 4 7 number of times 9 42 ppi, 4 7 indicated. 9 10–11 each color 4 5 8 4 5 8 Weft sett: 3 8 5 For star fashion 3 5 6 and rose fashion 2 3 6 38 ppi, 6 2 3 2 3 19 tabby, 6 19 pattern 6 b 2 3 6 16 1 Do not use tabby; 4 c 16 b 1 4 use 3 pattern colors 16 4 in sequence for the Do not use c 16 4 number of times tabby; alternate 4 indicated. 2 pattern picks Use tabby 4 after every 3 only. = use color 1 3 4 4 = use color 1 and 2 pattern picks. Weft sett: 4 and then 2 3 4 then 2, four 4 = use color 1, 2, and 48 ppi, 3 4 and then 3, total times. 4 then a tabby pick, 32 pattern, 3 four total times. 16 tabby 3 four total times. Weft sett: 1 Weft sett: 1 34 ppi, 48 ppi, b 1 17 each color 16 16 per color. 16 c 16 Project originally published in Handwoven magazine, 2015. © F+W Media, Inc. Not to be reprinted. All rights reserved.

page 6 Petit point #2 Petit point #1 a b 1 2 3 4 a b 1 2 3 4 For all but 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Honeycomb 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 honeycomb, a b 1 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 weave a to c 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 / plain weave, tabby / and then b 2 2 2 2 / a / 1 1 1 1 2 a back up to a. 2 plain weave, / 2 2 5x / 2 5x tabby 1 2 1 1 2 3x 1 2 1 2 Weft sett: 1 3 24 ppi 2 3x 3 18 ppi cell weft(s), 2 6 ppi outline weft. 2 3 2 4 5 Use a very heavy yarn 2 the same color as the 2 5 warp to outline the cells; 3 4 3 3 the cell weft should 3 3 be about the same size 3 as the warp. Use two 3 Weft sett: 3 2 di erent colors or more 30 ppi, 3 2 for the cell wefts; repeat 20 tabby, 4 1 until piece is as tall as it 10 pattern. 4 b 1 is wide. 4 c 8 4 5 After each pattern pick, 5 weave 2 tabby picks (a and b). 5 Spetsväv 5 9 = weave 1 pattern pick, 4 a b 1 2 3 4 2 tabby picks 9 times. 4 4 4 4 Block order for 4 3 3 3 3 4 Spetsväv 2 2 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 A B C D a / 3 Lace weave 2 / 3 a b 1 2 3 4 2 3x / 3 4 4 4 4 1 Block order for / A 3 3 3 3 3 1 lace weave / 3 2 2 2 2 1 / 2 1 1 1 1 A B C D a / 2 2 / 2 2 / 2 / 2 3x 2 / 2 / 1 B 2 / 1 / A 1 3 / 1 / 1 3 b / 9 / 4 2 / 9 / 2 4 c / / 2 3 / Use the same color forpattern weft / 2 3 B / C as the warp with a contrasting tabby / 3 2 / weft of the same size yarn. After / 3 2 / each pattern pick, weave 2 tabby picks. / 4 2 / / 4 1 9 / = weave 1 patttern pick, / 3 1 9 / / 3 1 1 tabby pick / D b / C 2 the other pattern pick, / 4 / 2 c the other tabby pick, 9x. / / 2 Weft sett: / 1 Use two colors in a yarn of the same size (can 40 ppi, / 1 be the warp size or slightly larger). For each block, 20 tabby, / 1 b use the darker color for the rst 4 picks, the lighter 20 pattern. / D 4 color for the last 2 picks. Allow sucient slack for / c / the lighter color to outline cells. Weft sett: Using a weft yarn the same as the warp yarn, substitute the 36 ppi, treadling for A, B, C, or D following the Block Order for the 24 darker color, Weft sett: number of times indicated. When you change blocks, 12 lighter color. 32 ppi. omit the last pick of the block you just wove.

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