City Chic Scarf | Pattern PDF

Susan Capehart recently began to design her own cloth based on the rich collection of patterns available to weavers. For this project, she used the threading and tie-up for the Wheel and Cross draft in Marguerite Porter Davison’s A Handweaver’s Pattern Book, but the original treadling wasn’t turning out as she’d imagined. She switched the treadle sequence to another from the draft (with minor changes), added a bright border, and was thrilled with the result.

The sheen of Tencel, the overall pattern grid in shades of gray, and the white fringe give this scarf a sophisticated look. Other color combinations would be equally lovely—such as a red-wine weft on a periwinkle warp, or a birch weft on a navy warp.

Enjoy this subscriber bonus project from Handwoven Fall 2024.

STRUCTURE
Crackle.

EQUIPMENT
4-shaft loom, 9" weaving width; 10-dent reed; 1 shuttle.

YARNS
Warp: 8/2 Tencel (100% lyocell; 3,360 yd/lb; Brassard), #8000 Naturel, 517 yd; #5213 Cayenne, 59 yd.
Weft: 8/2 Tencel, #4275 Charcoal, 503 yd.

WARP LENGTH
177 ends 3¼ yd long (includes floating selvedges; allows 7" for take-up, 40" for loom waste; loom waste includes fringe).

SETTS
Warp: 20 epi (2/dent in a 10-dent reed).
Weft: 26 ppi.

DIMENSIONS
Width in the reed: 9".
Woven length: (measured under tension on the loom) 70".
Finished size: (after wet-finishing) 7¾" × 64" plus 5¾" fringe.

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