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0.1 Materials for 4-Shaft Twills
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Module 1: Overview1.1 Weaving Twill Overview
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1.2 Twill Structure
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Module 2: Weaving the Twill Gamp2.1 Project One: Twill Gamp
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2.2 Weaving the Twill Gamp
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Module 3: Weaving the Twill Blanket3.1 Weaving the Twill Blankets
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3.2 Weaving Twills Conclusion
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3.3 Resources for 4-Shaft Twills
Here on the 0.1 Materials for 4-Shaft Twills page, you’ll find a list of equipment, tools, and downloads needed for the weaving course with Felicia Lo.
Downloads
Equipment
- 4-Shaft loom-minimum 15″/ 38 cm width for cotton gamp.
- 4-Shaft loom-minimum 20″/ 50 cm width for wool gamp.
- 4-Shaft loom-minimum 40″/ 102 cm width for blanket.
- 12 dent reed
*Please follow this link for Warping Equipment & Additional Tools needed
Materials
Cotton Gamp:
- Warp & Weft: 3 cones of Gist Beam (630 yd / 576 m per 8 oz / 227 g cone; 100% organic cotton). 3/2 organic cotton, 1 each in Natural (warp colour), Cobalt (weft colour), and Hibiscus (contrast colour)
Wool Gamp:
- Warp & Weft: 3 skeins of SweetGeorgia BFL+Silk Fine (370 yd / 338 m per 3.5 oz / 100 g skein; 75% bluefaced leicester, 25% silk), 1 each in Birch (warp colour), Trinket (weft colour), and Lollipop (contrast colour).
Rosepath Blanket:
- Warp: 7 cones of Gist Beam, (630 yd / 576 m per 8 oz / 227 g cone; 100% organic cotton), 3/2 organic cotton in Natural colour.
- Weft for hems: 1 tube of 8/2 un-mercerized cotton Maurice Brassard, (1680 yd / 1536 m per 8 oz / 227 g tube; 100% cotton), in Natural colour.
- Weft for Dandelion Blanket: 3 cones of Gist Beam, (630 yd / 576 m per 8 oz / 227 g cone; 100% organic cotton) 3/2 organic cotton in Dandelion colour.
- Weft for Lighthouse Blanket: 2 blanks of SweetGeorgia Single Sock Yarn Blanks (425 yd / 388 m per 4 oz / 115 g blank; 80% superwash merino wool, 20% nylon), in Lighthouse colour.
- Weft for Magician Blanket: 2 skeins of SweetGeorgia Flaxen Silk Fine (480 yd / 439 m per 4 oz / 115 g skein; 65% silk, 35% linen), in Magician colour.
Additional Supplies shown/demonstrated
- Iron
- Sewing machine and thread
- Additional leash sticks or dowels longer than width of project
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