This is the very first item that I ever wove, start to finish.
I learned how to weave from Tom Knisely at The Mannings in Pennsylvania. if you are interested in learning how to weave, I highly recommend his 5 day class, which is the one that I took. The class starts out getting you familar with weaving by weaving towels and samplers on looms that are already warped. After learning how to throw the shuttle and controlling the pattern through the use of the treadles, you weave a scarf of your own design. This is the project where you learn how to warp a loom.
The warp is a wool and cotton novelty knitting yarn and a Harrisville tweed wool yarn. The Harrisville yarn was added to the warp on Tom’s recommendation to give some strength to the warp while weaving. The weft used is the same Harrisville tweed weaving yarn.
Below is a close up view of the weave structure. It is a 2-2 twill that comes to a point in the center of the scarf. The pattern requires 4 harnesses, and the sett is 8 e.p.i.
