Cotton Scarf with a Supplementary Warp

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Cotton Brocade Scarf

Weave structure

Plain weave with supplementary warps

Equipment

47" Glimakra Standard with two back beams; Toika EW24 Control Unit; 12 dent reed; 1 shuttle (AVL End Feed)

Yarns

Ground Warp: 16/2 Cotton (Bomulsgarn), Dark Brown, Tan & White Supplementary Warp:  10/2 Perle Cotton, Indies Orange, Cactus, Persian Green, Red Hot

Weft:   16/2 Cotton (Bomulsgarn), Dark Brown (Scarf #1), Chocolate Brown (Scarf #2)

Yarn Sources

The Mannings, 1132 Green Ridge Road, P.O. Box 687 East Berlin, PA 17316 U.S.A.

Petlins Petlins Spinning and Weaving Supplies, 17 Cavell Ave Rhodes, NSW 2138, Australia

Warp and weft spacing

Warp:24 epi, Weft" 24 ppi

Tension & Selvedge

Pattern Warp: Live weight tension on back beam. 3 black weights + wooden bar

Ground Warp: Tension cord over beam - bar weight

Additional thread at each selvedge (sharing heddle and dent with selvedge thread); each one weighted seperatly on a selvedge roller (5oz)

References

Handwoven  Nov Dec 1988

http://www.juanitagirardin.com/Collections/HandwovenArchive

BRC_PLW 4S_PTN 6S_ML Mods & Colours #1c

BRC_PLW 4S_PTN 6S_ML Mods & Colours #1d

Finishing

Wash in hand warm water, dry flat, hot iron whilst slightly damp.

Dimensions

Scarf # 1

Length  off loom 72"

Fringe 8" each end

Length after finishing 69"

Width on loom 11"

Width off loom 10"

Width after finishing 9 3/4 "