Completed: October 2015
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| 9-foot warp ends look very long |
I made these placemats using the Peaceful Harbor Placemats pattern from Halcyon Yarn.
They wove up pretty quickly, partly because the yarns are fairly large gauge and also because the alternating between the three different colors kept it from getting too routine.
The toughest part was keeping the three shuttles in order with every pick, and not twisted around each other incorrectly, so that the selvedges looked consistent and clean.
I chose one of the recommended color combinations on Halcyon's website. These are the colors I used (which I think will go best with the color scheme in the intended recipient's kitchen):
3/2 Pearl Cotton yarn in Deep Turquoise
Cascade Luna Paints in Color #9930 (a slightly variegated turquoise)
Cascade Ultra Pima in Color #7730 (a medium purple)
These placemats are pretty easy even for a relatively infrequent sewer to finish, because you only have to fold over and then sew up the left and right edges; the selvedges, which end up as the tops and bottoms of the placemats, are good enough that you can leave them without finishing.
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| Placemat #3 ending, moving into placemat #4 |
Close-up on the weaving, still on the loom |
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| The finished placemats |
