{"id":1114,"date":"2010-02-05T21:22:35","date_gmt":"2010-02-06T02:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2011-01-27T09:23:52","modified_gmt":"2011-01-27T14:23:52","slug":"setting-an-elegant-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2010\/02\/setting-an-elegant-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting an Elegant Table"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"handwoven<\/a>These are handwoven placemats I made on my Macomber. I made these out of an unbleached 10\/2 pearl cotton, which gives them a nice, fine look and feel, as well as the slight sheen of the mercerized cotton. I modified a pattern I had for linen placemats, since the pattern called for yarn that was about twice as thick as the 10\/2 cotton.<\/p>\n

Despite spending literally hours planning these placemats, I still made a significant boo-boo. I didn’t plan enough for the shrinkage of the pearl cotton. I used 288 threads, sett at 20 ends per inch, for 14 1\/2″ in the reed. This translated to about 13 1\/4″ on the front beam, which shrank to 12 1\/4″ after wet finishing. That’s bad enough, but the length, ah the length. I had 20″ on the loom, but after hemming — by hand, I might add, for real class — and wet finishing, they’re only about 15″ long.<\/p>\n

I keep telling myself that they’re just right for an elegant luncheon, when the plates shouldn’t be quite as large as a dinner plate. Besides, we all ought to eat smaller portions, and usually do when we’re in a more formal setting, and these placemats are perfect for that.<\/p>\n

\"dinner<\/a>I’d like to show you how a placemat looks with a single place setting on it, but my dishes are all large and bold-colored. While they look great on my vintage red formica table, they just don’t work on these lovely handwoven placemats. You’ll have to use your imagination.<\/p>\n

Your turn: Do you use placemats? What are your dishes like?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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