I am very happy with the way this little jacket turned out. I made it for my granddaughter with a small bit of material I wove with a bit of extra warp still on the loom after having finished weaving throw blanket. I had woven the blanket in double weave so that off the loom it would open out to double the width and continued in double weave for this little bit of fabric. After fulling I had roughly a 12” x 54” piece of fabric.
I had to do some creative piecing to get the fabric to fit into the pattern, but it all worked out really well. I had JUST enough to create the front of the jacket. I am really proud of how it turned out and it’s such a cute little fall jacket on my little granddaughter.
The fiber was all hand dyed by other artisans and then handspun and handwoven by me. The content of the yarns is wool, silk, yak, linen, and I used a bit of cotton weft in the fabric for the jacket, but not in the original blanket.
Just came across your blog via a 2012 post on combing flax that came up when I Googled the topic, and I'm just fascinated by your creativity - this little coat is WAY TOO CUTE, I can't handle it. Really hope I can reach your level of skill someday, keep up the blogging please!
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