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A while ago I finished a weave<\/a>. That moment when you cut the warp is a scary one, especially when the warp<\/a> is handspun. I have saved all my handspun thrums simply because I can’t bear to throw them away. In my current weaving project I reuse my saved thrums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cutting down a warp is scary, especially if the yarn is your own handspun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Thrums<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I have always felt bad for the thrums left behind. Up until now I haven’t figured out what to do with them, but I haven’t been able to throw them away. I have just sighed and put them in a cupboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple of years ago I saw the prettiest chair pads made just like a rya rug \u2013 a woven square with ghiordes knots covering the whole surface. This was the perfect project for my thrums!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rya chair pads<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After having cut down my latest weaving project from the loom \u2013 and carefully saving the thrums \u2013 I started warping for my chair pads. We have eight kitchen chairs with the ugliest cotton pads with foam rubber filling. I am ashamed to say that they are at least fifteen years old and leaking out all their innards. So I warped for eight pads, that’s four meters of warp. I haven’t warped four meters before and I hope I am not in over my head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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September is the perfect month for outdoor warping!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I am a beginner at weaving and I only have a rigid heddle loom. But it does what I want it to do and on a level that I understand. The sweet thing about being a beginner is that I don’t know what rules I’m breaking. Trial and error are my guides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The warp yarns are also my handspun that have been lying in my stash for quite a while without a designated project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Setup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The warp is a Shetland 2-ply from a fleece I bought a couple of years ago. The weft is, well, whatever I have really. And I have a lot of yarn just waiting to be useful. I do spin more than I use my handspun. The weft for the first chair pad is hand-combed and worsted spun V\u00e4rmland wool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have left a 2 cm border on each side edge without knots and 4 cm between each pad. This way I can make a folded hem around the pad for sturdiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The knots are made mostly with my saved thrums. The first thrums are from another warp yarn \u2013 a hand-dyed jeans blue Swedish Leicester yarn spun worsted from hand-combed tops. I will also use old skeins of handspun that I haven’t found a use for. Probably lots of white and natural colour yarn. And I have the freedom to make stripes, patterns or whatever my heart desires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ghiordes knots<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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A sweet little ghiordes thrum knot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This is how I make my ghiordes knots for this project:<\/p>\n\n\n\n