Pink Twill Tablerunner (2012)

Pattern: Point twill variant from top of page 131 of Deb Chandler's "Learning to weave", with plainweave borders and ends.

Yarns: FibraNatura flax linen (chocolate brown) for the warp -- 4 skeins used between the sampler and the actual table runner
Linares cotton/viscose (pinks & shiny bits) for the weft. Used just over 1 skein, between sampling and weaving the table runner.

Method: Weaving, Baby Wolf loom, 4 shafts, 6 treadles
Completed: October 28, 2012.

I wanted a tablerunner to brighten up the room, as it has a lot of wood going on in the current configuration (floor, sideboard, table, etc). I picked out the brown flax and the pink variegated yarn with that in mind. And then had to figure out how the 2 would play together, what sett to use, etc. I played around with samples on my Northwest Pioneer loom, settling on a sett of 15epi.

In the end, I like both sides of the fabric. It didn't shrink as much as I expected it would, and the plainweave ends flared a bit, so I left it on the dining room table for a week to ponder what I wanted it to look like in the end. I settled on pointed ends, and simply zigzagged the ends, trimmed the fringe to almost nothing, and sewed the edges together into points. I can now flip the ends inside out and turn the tablerunner over if I want the (originally planned) underside.

Not sure it actually lightens up the dining room much; all the better excuse to try another weaving project!

	Table dressed up with the table runner
	Every day look with the runner
	Reversable -- both ways -- because the edges are sewn together to make the point. Sewing is not my forte...
	Pattern detail; flared plainweave ends; hemstitching (which, in the end, I didn't trust as a finish, so I zigzagged with the machine)
	Design work... breakthrough when I went from 10epi to 15epi by re-sleying the Northwest Pioneer. Bad idea: trying to wind a warp from a skein, wihtout having wound it into a ball. MESS!
	Closeup of actual sample, as well as some other theories for weaving pattern; comparison of computer drafted design versus actual.

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