I cut the fabric of pieces 4-14 and warp end bookmarks from the loom and washed them on a normal, warm, machine-wash cycle. Once washed, I cut the pieces apart, trimmed loose ends and fringes, pressed them with a hot iron and left them to dry.

Now I have to sew the fabric into headbands – this involves gathering the ends, sewing elastic to the ends and covering the elastic with black fabric. I’m not sure when this will happen, but I’ll make a blog entry when I have made these.

Piece	Colour	Treadle pattern	Pre-wash dimensions	Post-wash dimensions
4	Blue-Red-Blue	Wall of Troy	34cm	32cm
5	Blue-Red-Blue	Wall of Troy	43cm	40.5cm
6	Red-Blue-Red	Wall of Troy	48cm	45cm
7	Red-Blue-Red	Wall of Troy	44cm	42cm
8	Reds	4-thread point twill	45.5cm	42cm
9	Greens	4-thread point twill	48cm	44cm
10	Purples	4-thread point twill	48cm	45cm
11	Oranges	4-thread point twill	48.5cm	46cm
12	Light blues	4-thread point twill	43cm	40.5cm
13	Dark blues	4-thread point twill	50.5cm	48cm
14	Rayons	4-thread point twill	48cm	44cm
Bookmarks	Misc	4-thread point twill	?	4cm

Notes:
1) Red-blue-red pieces (6th & 7th) are closer to 20epi than Blue-red-blue pieces (4th & 5th) which were beaten more firmly. The 6th & 7th are much softer and drapier.
2) DMC metallic yarns don’t shrink, so they stick out past the selvedges when the rest of the fabric shrinks. They also cause “bulges” in the fabric. The Dazzle threads also cause a bulge.

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