This blanket has a homely and warm feeling. The same kinds of sport thickness yarns as used in these blankets can be easily found from many shops.
| The warp | Cotton Soft Novita, 010 luonnonvalkoinen, 50 g = 120 m, 100 % puuvillaa, Novita Oy |
| Warp | width 100 cm the sett 4 ends/cm number of yarn ends 400 amount of warp yarn needed 704 g |
| Length | 4,34 m (2 blankets) |
| Reed | 1 per dent in a 40-dent reed (metric) = 40/1 |
| Structure | Cord weave |
| The weft | Same as the warp |
AMOUNT OF WEFT YARN NEEDED
405 grey 114 g
010 natural white 104 g
114 blue 33 g
171 dark blue 34 g
504 light red 29 g
549 red 29 g
203 light yellow 29 g
269 yellow 27g
399 g in total
Weaving instructions
Weave 6 cm plain weave for the hem with grey (405) thread. Obs! Weave the other end of the blanket with natural white (010). Weave 4 picks with one colour and 4 picks tabby between the colour stripes. A dark and a light colour alternates.
BLUE STRIPES
Repeat 2 x:
grey plain weave
blue colour stripe (first throw from the left side)
grey plain weave
dark blue colour stripe (first throw from the right side)
Repeat 2 x:
natural white plain weave
blue colour stripe
natural white plain weave
dark blue colour stripe
Weave the red and yellow sections in the same way.
THE COLOUR ORDER OF THE STRIPES
blue and dark blue
light red and red
light yellow and yellow
Repeat 4 x
+ blue and dark blue to the end of the blanket
The sett in hem is 5 picks /cm. The sett in colour stripes is
6 – 7 picks/cm and the sett in plain weave is 5 picks/cm.
2 colour stripes + 2 plain weave sections = 16 picks = 3 cm.
The hight of one colour section is 13 cm. The woven length is 169 cm + hems á 6 cm. Size of the loom was 92 x 156 cm after wet-finishing 87 x 156 cm.
Tip: Throw the plain weave weft from the same side as you press the treadle, and you’ll know which of the plain weave treadles is in turn. When you are pressing the left treadle, throw the weft from the left side and when pressing the treadle on right, throw the weft from the right side.
SELVAGES
Do not cut the colour weft while weaving the plain weave. Bind it with the first second colour pick against the selvage and again with the last colour pick. Do the same with the other colours at the other edge. You can also bind the colour weft in the middle of the plain weave section if you find it useful.
Finishing
Steam or press the blanket fabric and hems. Sew the hems by hand using a cotton thread. Wash 40 – 60oC. Dry flat. Shape while slightly damp, steam or iron through an ironing cloth.
