Kira's Ocean Scarf

 Kira's Ocean Wave Scarf

by N Banks 20221

Rigid Heddle Pattern 

10 dent heddle

warp was 95 inches long, with 76 warp ends. 

7 inches wide,  65 inches long  and 4 inches of fringe at each end. 

plain weave

I hemmed stitched it at the beginning and end before taking off the loom. 

For the warp I used a sport weight red heart yarn in a pale green color but I would say it was more like an aqua marine color than pale green which is why I used it. 

Weft  yarn

I used four colors

1. Red heart ombre in scuba

2. Baby Bee Aqua Marbled

3. Red Heart white

4. Snowflake in white.

I just wove it plain and charged colors when I wanted to,  starting with the dark Red Heart Scuba, then the baby bee aqua, then white and then the snowflake ( top of wave)

Pattern Notes: I didn't count the rows but did keep track of the inches as I moved along. I use a wide 2 inch ribbon for a rule,  (saved from a blanket from Walmart)  I just marked off each 1 inch section. I also use a paper towel cardboard cut up the middle to cover the tie on knots.  Also when sleying the reed I tie of sections of the warp with a very loose overhand knot just in case the reed falls off the loom while I am working. 

I like to do a color card with the names and samples of the yarn that I use. Below is a picture of the color for this scarf.  Sometimes on the back I will add details about the draft or pick up pattern I am using or any other information I may need. (clip on it holds more cards from other projects I have done)

Before staring I like to mark off my reed like below. It shows were I start to slay the reed and were I need to end it. 

Below are some pictures as I worked on it                                     

      

 

slaying the reed                            tie on                               

Starting to weave  and it also shows the paper towel roll I use to cover the knots, you can see them on the tie on (above) picture.                                                                 

I also like to do a sheet with the name of the person I am making it for and figuring out the math etc part of it. On it I will list information about the yarns, which one to start with etc.  The pickup pattern if I am using one. I keep it by my loom and work from it as I go. Also number of warp ends and length of the warp.  This way I can re-figure it if I need to or use the information on the sheet of paper for another project.  See below

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Christmas Table Runner 2022

 

Christmas Table Runner 2022 © 2022 by N Banks

Materials needed

24 inch loom

7.5 reed

Yarns

White mainstay     from Walmart  two skins.  ( W)

Green mainstay     from Walmart  one skein. ( G )

Metallic red         from Hobby Lobby  I love this yarn   one skein. ( R)

Metallic peacock    from Hobby Lobby  I love this yarn   one skein. ( PB )

164 warp ends

83 inches long, full width of reed

Finished size

 Appx 19 inches wide and 48 inches long with 3 inches of fringe at each end.

Slots

W	G	W	R	W	G	W	PB	W	PB	W	G	W	R	W	G	W
3	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	40	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	3

 

Tied on, warp separated, eight rows done, and the hem stitch done, when I tie on I use groups or bundles of 6 threads.

Below is a picture of the reed with ties I use to mark the center of the loom. This was for a scarf I had made.

Pick up pattern ( heddle in the down position )

 White only 1 up, 2 down, under all colored threads

 

Step 1: up

Step 2: down and on edge

Step 3: up

Step 4: down

Step 5: up and flat

Step 6: down

Step 7: up and flat

Step 8: down

 

Repeat

 Watch edge stitches

 

Starting with white, and leaving a long tail 4 to 5 times the width of the loom, weave 2 rows plain. Do the hemstitch with the white across the loom after you have wove several rows or picks

A with white weave rows 1 to 8 of pick up pattern, 1 time

B with green plain weave 4 rows

C with white weave rows 1 to 8 of pick up pattern, 1 time

D with red plain weave 6 rows

E with white weave rows 1 to 8 of pick up pattern, 1 time

F with green plain weave 4 rows

G with white weave rows 1 to 8 of pick up pattern, 1 time

H with blue plain weave 4 rows

With White do rows 1 to 8 of pick up pattern 33 times

Now

I with blue plain weave 4 rows

J with white weave rows 1 to 8 of pick up pattern, 1 time

K with green plain weave 4 rows

L with white weave rows 1 to 8 of pick up pattern, 1 time

M with red plain weave 6 rows

N with white weave rows 1 to 8 of pick up pattern, 1 time

O with green plain weave 4 rows

P with white weave rows 1 to 8 of pick up pattern, 1 time

Weave 2 plain rows with white, do another hem stich, and leave enough of the warp ends for tying overhand knots and fringe. Cut yarn to 3 inches long and you are done.

This table runner is machine wash and dry.