460 ends of 30/2 silk on the loom for a new project in huck lace. It's a shawl design by Susan Foulkes that caught my eye. You can see hers here
It's the first time I've used pure silk. Its slipperiness meant an overhand knot was necessary on the warping wheel to prevent each section from sliding off as I warped it onto the beam. The weaving went easily although a gentle beat was required to to stop the square motif becoming diamond shaped.
Normally with lace weaves the warp and weft are the same colour but I used brown for the warp and yellow for the weft. The result is a gold, lustrous fabric. With so many ends I decided to hem stitch and leave a fringe. Hem stitching a fabric with 26 epi was excrutiating and required a large magnifying glass and several hours!
The cloth has a lovely softness and drape as you'd expect from silk. I gently wet finished than hung to drip dry.
Close up of the structure
The shawl with the plain weave border and fringe
One repeat of the draft, 9 shafts and 9 treadles
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