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MAFA2023-024
Description
| Weaver | Julie Kirkwood |
|---|---|
| Source | This is a draft from The Shuttle-Craft Book of American Hand-Weaving by Mary Meigs Atwater (10th printing 1973) in Chapter 12 Additional Four-Harness Weaves. The draft is in Section I Counterpanes from Diagram 40 (98) for Two 4-Harness Weaves for Linens (pg 202-203). This is draft (e), The Pennsylvannia "E.F" towel--Ms and Os variation. No illustration of the cloth is given, just the threading and treadling in text. |
| Yarn | 8/2 Hemp/Cotton |
| EPI | 20 |
| Purpose | Towels |
| Guild | Weavers Guild of Rochester |
|---|---|
| Collection | MAFA 2023 Towel Exchange |
| # Shafts | 4 |
| Weave Name | M's and O's |
| Weave Category | Plain Simple |
Weaver Notes
Woven with 8/2 hemp (40%)/organic cotton (60%) yarn in both the warp and weft, ordered from Gather Textiles.
444 ends at 20 epi for a little over 22 inches in the reed (10 dent, 2 ends/dent). About 19 inches finished width.
Length was about 36″ under tension on the loom including hem. Finished length ~25 inches.
Hems were woven in pattern with 16/2 cotton, machine sewn.
Woven on a Macomber B5A 24″ floor loom (“Joanie”).
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