Wall of Troy Runner Weaving Pattern

Laura Fry January 12, 2022

The pattern is featured in the “The Intentional Weaver” course with Laura Fry

In The Intentional Weaver course with Laura Fry, we learned how to beam a warp using a trapeze and this is the project we put on the loom. It’s a 5-yard / 4.6 m long 3/2 cotton warp that we threaded on 8 shafts in a “wall of troy” threading pattern. This pattern can also be threaded on 4 shafts, so both drafts are included here. Changing the treadling will produce new patterns.

Wall of Troy Runner by Laura Fry

Skill Level: Intermediate

Finished Measurements

10″ / 25.4 cm wide x 78.5″ / 199 cm long on loom
7.5″ / 19 cm wide x 75″ / 190.5 cm long after wet finishing

Yarn

Warp & Weft: 2 cones of Gist Yarn Beam 3 /2 organic cotton, 1 each in Natural (Colour A, 600 yd/ 549 m warp colour) and Aqua or Dandelion (Colour B, 288 yd/ 263 m weft colour) (630 yd / 576 m per 8 oz / 227 g cone; 100% organic cotton).

Equipment & Tools

4- or 8-shaft loom with a minimum 10 ” / 25 cm weaving width
12-dent reed (sleyed one per dent)
1 shuttle and at least one bobbin, warping board, reed hook, heddle hook, tapestry needle, measuring tape

Structure

Weave Structure: twill
Warp Length: 5 yd / 4.6 m long (includes 8.5 ” / 21.6 cm take-up, 87 ” / 221 cm loom waste, and for further projects or sampling)
Warp Ends: 120
Ends Per Inch (EPI): 12
Picks Per Inch (PPI): 12
Width in Reed: 10 ” / 25.4 cm

Categories: Patterns, Weaving Patterns

Tagged: 4-Shaft Pattern, 8-Shaft Pattern, all-access

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