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And we have a winner!

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I am not a sampler. But I sampled. And, well, the apocalypse didn’t come. The sky didn’t fall. And it was a good experience. I learned stuff, and I am now ready to weave some Turned Taquete Circles scarves.

I started out with 1450 ypp rayon chenille set at 16 epi. In this photo the bottom sample is woven with 1450 ypp black.

16epiblack

The next photo is the top portion of the same 16 epi sample, but woven with 2000 ypp white. I was playing with the treadling, elongating the middle, anticipating that with the release of tension and wet finishing, that the ovals would shrink to circles.

16epiwhite

Then I resleyed to 18 epi. And I wove two samples with the same wefts, 1450 ypp black and 2000 ypp white. Again I elongated the middles of the circles pre-wet finishing.

18epiblack

18epiwhite

I don’t have a picture of these post-wet finishing, but, trust me, they didn’t shrink as much as I would have anticipated. They remained pretty much as ovals.

So, then I resleyed to 20 epi and changed my reed to a 10. I was tempted not to do it. I was busy with Christmas prep, and I didn’t have a bunch of time. But. I did it anyway!  And lo and behold it was the right thing to do.

So I wove this last sample with the same black and white wefts, this time greatly abbreviating the treadling of the middles of the circles. Keep in mind that the circles became thinner as I resleyed. So the treadling of the middles became shorter and shorter.

20epiwhite

20epiblack

This is a photo of the sample post-wet finishing.

20epiboth

And the bottom sample is the winner.  Even after wet finishing the shrinkage wasn’t much. I find I prefer the hand of the 1450 ypp rayon weft.

Below you will find the now-revised-yet-again Turned Taquete Cirlces draft.

I optimized the tie-up. Originally, there were nine treadles tied, but two were tied to the same harnesses. That’s two too many for me when I have to crawl around on the floor. So that meant that the treadling sequence had to be revised, which I have done as well.

This is the best yet!

susan-mod-2

Wif files available upon request.

52 thoughts on “And we have a winner!”

  2. I appreciate your sampling – I am going to try this with 1450 ypp cotton chenille. I would appreciate the wif file of your final pattern – please send to historicshorthand@yahoo.com. I wonder how this would look in 6/2 unmercerized cotton, on a hand dyed warp. I think I am going to try that, too. LaJean

  4. This draft was next in the queue..may I please have the wif also? Thank you and I’m happy you are now able to blog again…Karen

  11. Could I please have the file too? I am about to embark on studio time at the Chicago Weaving School and they have an 8 shaft loom available.. and I want to try taquete. I have some wonderful Lunatic Fringe merc cottons, and also a lot of silk from a shuttered drape factory..will use one of these yarns for this project mcateejane@gmail.com

    • I just saw a towel woven by Betz incorporating this structure for circles in the overall motif. It was very beautifully done – exhibited in the Fiber Celebration exhibit at the Intermountain Weavers Conference.

  14. I have just found you and your blog, and am so intrigued! I’m a relatively new weaver (a little over a year) but would love to try this. Please send your wif to me at judyinthedyes@gmail.com.
    Thanks so much!

  16. Love love love this! Please send the wif file to me! I so appreciate what you share. I’d love to send a gift back to you! (A physical gift…could you send a shipping address by PM?) 🙂 kathrinweber2009@gmail.com
    Blazingshuttles.com

  20. I would love a copy of the wif file. I am not a new weaver but have never attempted anything like this. My email is as follows.

  38. I would be so grateful for a copy of the wife for this draft. Thank you so much. I so enjoy your work and process.

  43. Thank you for creating this draft! As a fairly new weaver, I’ve had this on my “To do list” since I saw your article in the Handwoven magazine. I finally tried your draft in the Fall colors in my stash and have been sampling for several days. My sample is definitely not perfect, but I’m getting there. Thank you!
    Rhonda

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