Off the Loom

The wool diamond-twill fabric is finished!  I pulled it off of the loom Saturday and wet-finished it by soaking it in warm water with a little Dawn and then carefully rinsing.

In retrospect, I wish I had gone for warmer (or even hot) water, as the fibers did not lock together as well as they had in my sample.  I, of course, did not discover this until I cut it, so I will now just have to be careful that everything is very well overcast to prevent fraying.

I ended up with 3'10" before wet-finishing and a little less after.  The sett is 20epi and the weft had about 33-34ppi.  I am happy with that as it is in line with the both yarn gauge and the disparity in warp and weft in some extant fabric samples.

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And here it is laid out on the floor for cutting :-)  On the left side I had some tension issues, which are evident in the way the fabric is wumpled in the photo.  I also had a few errors along the way, so carefully cut around those by using a paper pattern for my hangerock.  (Typically, I do not use patterns for my early period garb, I know the measurements, cut everything a touch large and individually fit each garment too me.  Because I was cutting around some spots where the weave was loose, I did opt to make a pattern for this project.)

Tonight I will spin the very fine wool singles yarn that I used for the weft into sewing thread for this project and hopefully I can complete this garment prior to Pennsic!

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