The next project is underway - linen place mats for some wedding presents (coming up). This is the first time I have tried linen (purchased from the Yarn Barn of Kansas) and it will include some hand painted stripe features (that's where the colour will come in). The dyes have been ordered (along with everything needed to use them as paint and to fix them into the linen).
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| Warping started |
Warping was a little bit faster as the order included two partial cones of linen so I could do two yarns as once (half the time - it took about 2.5 hours)
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| Close up |
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It is Normandy Linen, 100% line flax 20/2 bleached, from Belgium
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| Finished and tied off |
All up there are 2618 yards of yarn for the warp. The sett is 24 ends per inch and it will be a twill design (my own) that has some nice crosses (vaguely Irish) and stripes in it - with warp and weft the same colour it will only be evident at certain angles and where the colour stripes (2. One at each end) are.
First job though, clean and tidy up the loom before dressing.
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