botanical silk cocoon

Warp and weft: 100% mulberry silk (and 1/4” silk accent ribbon) - three colors botanically dyed with logwood and cochineal (light and dark)
24 EPI
3-yard warp
21 1/2” on the loom
550 ends (474 after skipped dents)

Finished size: 20” x 72”

Ribbon version (counted by dent):
42 – (skip  - 1  x4 - skip 1) – 18 – (SKIP 1 - ribbon - SKIP 1) – 28 – (SKIP - 1 x4 - skip 1) – 40 – (SKIP 1 - ribbon - SKIP 1) – 18 – (SKIP - 1 x4 - skip 1) – 28 – (SKIP 1 - ribbon - SKIP 1) – 18 – (SKIP - 1 x4 - skip 1) – 29

Spaced dent sections only version (counted by dent):
42 – (SKIP 2) – 18 – (SKIP 2) – 28 – (SKIP 4) – 40 – (SKIP 2) – 18 – (SKIP 2) – 28 – (SKIP 2) – 40 – (SKIP 2) – 18 – (SKIP 2) – 28 – (SKIP 4)  – 40 – (SKIP 2) – 18 – (SKIP 2) – 28 – (SKIP 4) – 40 – (SKIP 2) – 18 – (SKIP 2) – 28 – (SKIP 4) – 42

Warp and weft: 100% mulberry silk (and 1/4” silk accent ribbon) - three colors botanically dyed with goldenrod, tango cosmos, and madder root
24 EPI
3-yard warp
24” on the loom

Ribbon version (counted by dent – which means count 2 threads for every dent):
36 – (skip  - 2  x4 - skip 2) – 18 – (SKIP 1 - ribbon - SKIP 1) – 28 – (SKIP - 2 x4 - skip 2) – 40 – (SKIP 1 - ribbon - SKIP 1) – 18 – (SKIP - 2 x4 - skip 2) – 28 – (SKIP 1 - ribbon - SKIP 1) – 18 – (SKIP - 2 x4 - skip 1) – 36

Total = 287 dents
476 ends + 3 ribbon

Wind warp in sets of 2 different colors – so wind 238 total – 5 sets of 40 + 1 set of 38

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