I love those wormy lines!
Today was a day for calculations and more preparations for The Great Coverlet Project.
I finally decided on a pattern: Mountain Cucumber, aka Governor's Garden, and sometimes St Anne's Robe.
There are 288 threads in a single pattern repeat; At 12 inches, I can fit 2 pattern repeats on the weaving width of my loom--hence the printed blocks above. There are nearly 300 treadle changes per pattern repeat (not counting the tabby lines). This is a big project!
Although I toyed with the idea of adding borders, I gave that up as too complicated. This will be challenging enough to keep a constant beat and matching up 4 panels once it's all woven up.
I worked out the numbers for the threading -- and what I need to do to thread it when the time comes. I worked from iWeaveIt, but because I thread from the back of the loom, I have to do some transposing and reversing, and I don't trust my brain to get it right when I am actually threading at the same time. So I map it out on graph paper ahead of time, and keep my place with a post-it note.
It's hard to believe that all those numbers in time and space work out to the amazing pattern at the top of this post.
I worked out the treadle changes last weekend. One day soon, I'll program the beads for this colossal work -- but not before the loom is warped!
I was hoping to run the 14.5 yard warp this wkd, but UPS had other plans. That will have to wait another week -- or more. I ordered more of the 10/2 cotton for the warp and tabby lines. I also have a cone of 20/2 cotton which is what the book says to use for tabby, but that seems too thin ... so I'll have to do some experimenting.
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