Monday, March 8, 2010

Weaving for Reversible Fabric: Sewing in Ends

I am at the beginning of creating a wedge weave that I would like to be reversible.  I’ve decided to work with the ends as I go rather than waiting until after it’s off the loom.

Here’s where I came to the end of one bobbin of yarn:image

I did secure the end with a half hitch around the warp and brought the end to the front of the weaving.  image

I then split the yarn into it’s number of plies and distributed them around the warps.  image

The chocolate yarn breaks down into 4 plies, so I distributed two in either direction.  The far left and the far right ends were woven to hide them within the weave.                                                   image

From there I threaded each ply through a needle and fed it through the middle of the weaving next to a warp.  In this picture I’ve already finished the first and am about to pull through the second.image

The ends are carefully trimmed and i even pull a bit on the half hitch to hide the very tip of the yarn into the fabric. Then same is performed with the start of the next piece of yarn.

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for posting these details, Jennifer!

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  2. I almost always sew my ends in, too. I sew them in when they're still right at the fell line. After sewing them in along a warp just as you show, I snip off all but a half inch or so. Because tapestry compresses as you weave above it, I've learned to weave another inch or so before the final trim. At that point a tug on the end takes up any bulky slack.

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