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