Lovely Day Rep Weave Placemats

Pull up a chair to these lovely table settings! Woven cotton placemats in a 2-block, 4-shaft rep weave. A wonderful project for learning about rep weave, in which closely spaced warps are woven in plain weave with alternating thick and thin wefts. This weave structure allows you to play with blocks of color.
Lovely Day rep weave placemats show off the color block interactions in high sheen 5/2 Pearl Cotton, along with a heavier cotton "filler" yarn. Use a main background color (MC) and four harmonious colors (A B C D) in the tightly sett warp (40 EPI).
See Yardage Below!

Makes eight machine washable mats, approximately 12” by 16” finished.

Requires a 4-shaft loom, weaving width of at least 12 inches, and a reed capable of 40 epi (we used a 10 dent).

YARDAGE:

Warp - Item #083, 5/2 Pearl Cotton
Main Color - 1,565
Color A - 285
Color B - 375
Color C - 375
Color D - 285

Item #061 16/8 Cotton
225 yards

Thin Weft Item #084 10/2 Pearl Cotton
400 yards

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Colors as shown in the "Southwest" combination above:

Color MC:  Natural, 1,565 yds

Color A:  Melon, 285 yds

Color B:  Dusty Coral, 375 yds

Color C:  Ruby, 375 yds

Color D:  Duck, 285 yds (Duck was recently discontinued and we have seen several people use the Teal as a nice substitute)

The Weft is 16/8 Mop Cotton (Natural) 225 yds, and the thin weft is 10/2 Pearl Cotton (Natural) 400 yds.