Snow Shawl
By David Burrous, based on a design by Jean Scorgie
Oversized blocks of plain weave alternate with Swedish lace. The Tencel yarn gives this piece a luxurious feel and drape. Tencel, of natural origins, was designed as an environmentally friendly cellulose fiber to produce fabrics have the comfort and luxury of a natural fiber with the practicality of a man-made fiber. Tencel is the brand name for Lyocell, the fiber's generic name. Tencel is produced by a highly refined and sophisticated technical process. It glimmers and makes a very nice drape when finished.
Project Specs
Weave structure: Swedish lace
Warp length: 148" for one stole or 262" for two stoles (includes 10" for sampling, take-up, shrinkage, and 24" loom waste). Add 114" for each additional stole.
Total warp ends: 484 (480 + doubled floating selvedges on each side)
Width in reed: 20"
EPI: 24 (sleyed 2 ends per dent in 12-dent reed)
PPI: 12
What You'll Need
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8/2 Tencel in white
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4-shaft loom with at least 20” weaving width
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12 dent reed
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end delivery shuttle
Directions
Warp the loom according to the weaving draft.
Note: By using only one color and a Schacht end delivery shuttle, you can make 1 or 2 beautiful stoles very quickly. Suspend a 6 oz. weight on each of the selvedges behind the back beam so that they will be taut. I use two 2 ½” carabiners each threaded with two 2 ¼” washers. When using a Schacht end delivery shuttle, the weights will insure that your selvedges are exactly straight.
Hemstitch the fringe in groups of 6, following the weave structure.
Weave ½” plain weave, then weave 24 blocks for a total of about 102” on the loom. Beat to square. Weave ½” plain weave.
Hemstitch the fringe.Hand wash in tepid water with Eucalan. Do not rinse. Lay flat to dry or place in dryer with several bath towels at “ultra low” setting for 50 minutes. Steam press lightly. Trim fringe to 4”.