MAFA2023-001
Description
| Weaver | David G. Anderson |
|---|---|
| Source | The pattern is adapted from Norse Kitchen published by Caroline Halvorson in Handbok I Vaevning, 1904. A several-hundred warp thread threading and treadling of Norse Kitchen is described in A Handweaver's Pattern Book, Marguerite Porter Davison’s Green Book. My pattern is adapted from the earlier patterns. |
| Yarn | 8/2 unmercerized cotton warp, 6/2 doubled pattern yarn and 16/2 tabby |
| EPI | 20 |
| Purpose | Towels |
| Guild | Three Rivers Fiber Focus |
|---|---|
| Collection | MAFA 2023 Towel Exchange |
| # Shafts | 4 |
| Weave Name | Overshot |
| Weave Category | Twill Compound elements |
Weaver Notes
This towel is woven in the colors of the Norwegian flag to reflect Caroline Halvorson’s 1904 pattern and my Norwegian heritage. The selvedge has a denser sett, as described by Dixon in her book, A Handweaver’s Pattern Book. Ends Ends 5-8 and 400-403 have two 8/2 threads through each heddle instead of one, and they are sett at 4 ends per dent. Therefore, 407 ends show in this pattern, yet 815 are warped in order to fill the double-threaded heddles.
Weft: Tabby weft – 16/2 unmercerized cotton, color – natural. Pattern weft – 6/2 unmercerized cotton, doubled in each pick. Colors: Royal blue and Cranberry red from the Woolery. The pattern weft overshot throws are shown, also use 16/2 tabby.
I wove the hanging tab of 16/2 unmercerized cotton in a warp-faced plain weave.
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