FAVORITE DUPLICATION PROHIBITED by copyright holder WEAVE SCANDINAVIAN FAVORITE LIKE AN SCANDINAVIAN EXPERT PROJECTS TO WEAVE WHAT COULD BE MORE WONDERFUL than surrounding WEAVE TO PROJECTS yourself with gorgeous handwoven textiles? Weaving them yourself! Inside find 45 unique projects, developed and tested by professional weavers, 45 Stylish Designs for the Modern Home and specially chosen for this collection from the popular Scandinavian weaving magazine Vävmagasinet. You’ll enjoy: Step-by-step instructions, charts, illustrations, and color photos Featured fibers, including linen, half-linen, cottolin, wool, paper, and piassava Versatile ideas for pillows, throws, rugs, curtains, table linens, and more, all easily adjusted to suit your own individual style A special section on textile care and handling TINA IGNELL $22.95 USD ISBN 978-1-57076-898-9 5 2 2 9 5 Tina Ignell 9 781570 768989 Printed in China Printed www.trafalgarbooks.com © Tina Ignell, and Trafalgar SquareSCANDINAVIAN Books WEAVING MAGAZINE www.trafalgarbooks.com Favorite Scandi Weaves Full Cover.indd 1 4/30/18 2:05 PM DUPLICATION PROHIBITED by copyright holder First published in the United States of America in 2010 by Trafalgar Square Books North Pomfret, Vermont 05053 Printed in China Originally published in Swedish as Hemvävt Copyright © 2008 Tina Ignell, Bengt Arne Ignell and ICA Bokförlag, Forma Publishing Group AB, Sweden English translation © 2010 Trafalgar Square Books All rights reserved. No part of this book maybe reproduced, by any means, without written permission of the publisher, except by a reviewer quoting brief excerpts for the purpose of review in a magazine, newspaper, or Web site. ISBN: 978-1-57076-898-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2009937556 TEXT: Tina Ignell PHOTOGRAPHY: Bengt Arne Ignell EDITOR: Gunilla Wagner COVER AND DESIGN: Alexandra Frank ILLUSTRATIONS: Annika Elmqvist ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR: Carol Huebscher Rhoades TECHNICAL EDITING: Tina Ignell and Becky Ashenden 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 © Tina Ignell, and Trafalgar Square Books www.trafalgarbooks.com Scandinavian Weaves CC 2018 REV for RP.indd 4 8/2/18 3:22 PM DUPLICATION PROHIBITED by copyright holder Table of Contents Introduction Square Hand Towels with Hanging Loops at the Center 71 Colorful Throw—Reverse Twill 9 Striped Hand Towels 73 Summer Blanket 11 Corduroy “Fleece” Rug 14 Striped Throw with Inlay Squares 76 Hammock and Rug from One Warp 20 Luxurious Mohair Throw 80 Roses in Squares 22 Linen Summer Pillow 83 Rya Checkerboard with Patterned Background 25 Warm Blanket—Warm Colors 85 Diamond Twill Upholstery Fabric 26 Huckaback Curtain 88 Soft Cushions in Plattväv 28 Huckaback Roll Curtain 92 Heart Blanket with Loop Patterning 94 Straw Table Mat 30 Table Cloth in Block Damask 99 Stina’s Overshot 35 “Mirror” Linen Napkins 100 “Red Monk” Rep Weave Mat 37 “Glimmer” Placemat 103 Red and White Rep Weave Runner 40 Linen and Paper Panels 104 Hot Pot Piassava 43 Inlay Goose-eye with White Rag Rya 107 Rooted in Folk Art 44 Luxurious Pillow with Linen Strips 109 M’s and O’s Curtains 46 Embroidered Roses 49 Printed Linen Rugs 111 Pillows with Checks and Stripes 51 Linen and Paper Festive Runner 114 “Arvika” Rep Mat 53 Flowery Wool Mat 117 Linen with Little Secrets 118 Linen Summer Hand Towels 56 Flowerbed 120 “Lime” Hand Towel 61 Black and White Hand Towels Care of Textiles 122 with Color Effects 62 Project Index 126 Star Hand Towel 65 Projects arranged according to number “Little Heart” Hand Towel 66 of shafts and treadles 127 Waffle Weave Linen Hand Towel 68 Sources for Materials 128 © Tina Ignell, and Trafalgar Square Books www.trafalgarbooks.com Scandinavian Weaves CC 2018 REV for RP.indd 5 8/2/18 3:22 PM DUPLICATION PROHIBITED by copyright holder Introduction Surrounding yourself with handwoven textiles makes everyday life special and gives parties an extra “shine.” Yet another dimension is added when you weave them yourself. Curiosity is piqued when a weaving design is chosen. Calmness pervades as you thread and warp. Expectations rise when the first weft is thrown and satisfaction grows as the weaving progresses. For this book, Favorite Scandinavian Projects to Weave, we have selected 45 patterns from Vävmagasinet—the Scandinavian Weaving Magazine. Most of all, we wanted weavings that are easy to make and can be woven on a loom with four shafts and four treadles. We have used materials that are easy to find and fun to weave with. To make it easy for you to find a suitable weaving, there is an index at the end of the book where the projects are divided into categories according to the number of shafts and treadles. This book offers patterns for a wide array of furnishing textiles suitable for any style house. You can change the size and color of any of the blankets to go with a room’s décor and match the color of the table linens to your favorite china. Curtains woven in classic patterns such as huckaback and M’s and O’s are paired with modern panel curtains made with linen and paper. For the table we have selected both classic designs and weavings where you can “let loose” a little at the loom. For the decorative runner “Flowerbed” you can pick little flowers that don’t need any water to strew over the piece, on “Linen with Little Secrets” you can weave in gold hearts, silver stars, or small photos and, for the fanciful runners in linen and paper, you can decide how long the inlay should be. Our cherished hand towels deserve their own chapter. Generously sized towels in exciting patterns, such as the black and white hand towels with color effects or striped towels in warm yellow and orange tones, are practical and fine at the same time. Embroidery is an easy decorative touch for any kind of towel. It could be a heart and small flowers in cross stitch as on the “Little Heart” hand towel and the Linen Summer hand towels or roses in straight stitch on a small towel. You can create your own patterns and monograms by drawing them on graph paper. Behind every weaving in this book is an expert weaver. The weavers’ experience, imagination, and knowledge stimulate the continued development of weaving. With this book in hand and your own ideas, the path is cleared for you to create your own furnishing textiles for tomorrow’s linen closets and homes. So that you’ll get as much pleasure from caring for woven textiles as weaving and using them, the book’s final section offers tips on how to make handwoven textiles even lovelier over time. Tina Ignell NOTE: Throughout this book, yarn grist, indicated by meters per kilo, has not been translated into US yards per pounds. All other weights are listed in both metric and US terms. For reference, 1 meter=39¼ in and 1 kilo=2.2 pounds. Visit www.vavmagasinet.se for more information regarding yarn measures. © Tina Ignell, and Trafalgar Square Books www.trafalgarbooks.com Scandinavian Weaves CC 2018 REV for RP.indd 7 8/2/18 3:22 PM DUPLICATION PROHIBITED by copyright holder © Tina Ignell, and Trafalgar Square Books www.trafalgarbooks.com Scandinavian Weaves CC 2018 REV for RP.indd 8 8/2/18 3:22 PM DUPLICATION PROHIBITED by copyright holder Sew blanket stitch as shown in drawing. SUMMER BLANKET ❋ 13 © Tina Ignell, and Trafalgar Square Books www.trafalgarbooks.com Scandinavian Weaves CC 2018 REV for RP.indd 13 8/2/18 3:22 PM DUPLICATION PROHIBITED by copyright holder © Tina Ignell, and Trafalgar Square Books www.trafalgarbooks.com Scandinavian Weaves CC 2018 REV for RP.indd 19 8/2/18 3:22 PM DUPLICATION PROHIBITED by copyright holder © Tina Ignell, and Trafalgar Square Books www.trafalgarbooks.com Scandinavian Weaves CC 2018 REV for RP.indd 23 8/2/18 3:22 PM DUPLICATION PROHIBITED by copyright holder © Tina Ignell, and Trafalgar Square Books www.trafalgarbooks.com Scandinavian Weaves CC 2018 REV for RP.indd 24 8/2/18 3:22 PM DUPLICATION PROHIBITED by copyright holder © Tina Ignell, and Trafalgar Square Books www.trafalgarbooks.com Scandinavian Weaves CC 2018 REV for RP.indd 33 8/2/18 3:22 PM DUPLICATION PROHIBITED by copyright holder “Red Monk” Rep Weave Rug DESIGN AND PRODUCTION: BIRGITTA JOHANSSON A tight rep weave with straw yellow stars on a warm red background. TECHNIQUE WARPING Warp rep Divide warp into four sections. That makes the warp- 10 shafts and 10 treadles ing and winding on more smoothly. MATERIALS WEAVING WARP Bocken’s Holma-Helsinglands 16/2 cot- Follow the treadling sequence. Begin by weaving about ton, 12,800 m/kg: red 2080 and beige 5 cm (2 in) for the hem. Lay rug yarn tightly across 104 shed. Lay thin weft diagonally so that the rug yarn WEFT Blomqvist/Nordiska Textile yarns, rug can be beaten well. When calculating warp, add about yarn, 250 m/kg: red 147 20% for take-up. + Bocken’s Holma-Helsinglands 16/2 cotton doubled on bobbin: red 2080 FINISHING REED 90/10 (metric), 2 ends per heddle -4 Turn under a doubled hem and sew down by hand. ends per dent (continued on page 39). SETT 36 ends per 1 cm (90 epi US) WIDTH IN REED 99.5 cm (39¼ in) FINISHED WIDTH 97 cm (38¼ in) WEFT SETT about 2 thick + 2 thin wefts per 1 cm (³⁄8 in) NR. OF ENDS 3,584 WARP REQUIRED per meter: 140 g (5 oz) each red and beige WEFT REQUIRED per meter: 825 g (29 oz) rug yarn, 16 g (.56 oz) 16/2 cotton “RED MONK” REP WEAVE RUG ❋ 37 © Tina Ignell, and Trafalgar Square Books www.trafalgarbooks.com Scandinavian Weaves CC 2018 REV for RP.indd 37 8/2/18 3:22 PM DUPLICATION PROHIBITED by copyright holder © Tina Ignell, and Trafalgar Square Books www.trafalgarbooks.com Scandinavian Weaves CC 2018 REV for RP.indd 38 8/2/18 3:22 PM DUPLICATION PROHIBITED by