Warping underway for 4 table-runners in two designs off the same warp based on Bateman Park (303) weave. The 7.2m warp is in 8/2 red cotton with 8/4 cotton in alternating blue and white on shafts 2, 3, 5 and 7 which create a counterpoint to the main pattern. The weft is 16/2 white cotton for the tabby, with blue, orange or white in 8/2 cotton for the rest. Sett is 9 epcm (24 epi) for a fairly stiff cloth.
I spent a long time playing with colours and the final choice (subject to sampling) is much simpler than my first designs!
First few sections completed until I ran out of red yarn!
Draft showing the edge (right handside) and part of the centre panel for the first pair of runners, Starting point was Bateman's Park sample 303-2.
The second pair, which started as Bateman's Park sample 303-6.
Weaving underway but not without a few hiccups. After the first six inches of weaving I realised the pattern was all wrong. Eventually I figured out that I d tied up the loom for the second design but was treadling for the first. After redoing the tie up things seemed better but still not quite right. After more investigation I deduced that the draft I d produced for the second design had a slightly different warp threading to the first, In one I had groups of 1, 8, 2, 8 and in the other they were 1, 8, 3, 8. Too late to change, so I'll have a slightly different fabric for the first design.
The second design has quite a bit of texture in the orange sections, we'll see how this plays out in wet finishing.
The runners finished
