Wing & A Prayer yarns for weaving
Oranges Runner
Warp and weft: Wing & A Prayer Farm yarns in natural (coned) and oranges (skeins)
EPI 10
15” wide
150 ends: 76 white, 25 of each color
120” warp
Draft: Birds eye twill
Finished size: 78” x 13 ½”
Pinks version: Wing & A Prayer Farm yarns in natural and pink (coned) with bits of other pinks (skeins)
Finished size: 12” x 78”
Indigos Throw
3.25 yard warp
10 EPI
34” wide
340 ends: 220 white / 75 / 45 blues
Draft: birds eye twill
Finished size: 27” x 72”
Note: because of its composition (primarily because of the Finn fibers), the yarn is very sticky and challenging to get through the tension rods and wrapped onto the back beam.
Indigos Three-Color Gradient
Warp and Weft: Wing and a Prayer: White (A) / Light Blue (B) / Dark Blue (C)
3.5-yard warp (78” + waste)
10 EPI
334 ends: A (40x2) / B (64x2) / C (40 + 46 + 40 = 126)
Finished size: 30” x 79”
Right side: color changes A-C (144 ends total)
Each sequence 4x:
AAAA
AAAB
AABB
ABBB
BBBB
BBBC
BBCC
BCCC
CCCC
Center: C 46x
Left side: color changes C-A (144 ends total)
Each sequence 4x:
CCCC
CCCB
CCBB
CBBB
BBBB
BBBA
BBAA
BAAA
AAAA
Weft:
From bottom:
AAAA (7x) = 28 picks white
AAAB (7x)
And so on
Center: 40 picks D (in addition to pattern picks)
Bed Topper
Warp and Weft: Wing and & Prayer Farm yarns in natural and pinks (coned)
110” yard
10 EPI
30” wide on loom
300 ends
Reverse side sewn with Lithuanian linen, 2” batting from Vincent Manufacturing, and hand sewn ties.
Finished size: 24” x 55”
Autumn Shades Roving
Warp: 8/4 natural cotton
Weft: Wing & A Prayer roving
Finished size: 16 1/2” x 47”