Levi came to visit, and as I was showing him my alpaca scarf series, I could tell that he admired them, and that perhaps he even wanted one, but none of the colors I had woven were appropriate for his blue & grey gentlemen’s style. So, the day before he was to leave I suggested he design one with the alpaca colors I had on hand and that I would weave it for him, and so he did, and by the time he was leaving back to Canada, I had already woven one repeat to show him. Then this last week was a determined effort to getting it done, and now it is finished and ready to send in the post. As usual, my technical weaving notes are listed below.

♣   Weaving Notes  ♣

• Yarn: Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud lace weight, in Carson (dark grey), Alfred (medium grey), Eleanor (light grey), and Bernard (blue). 440 y = 50g
• Loom: Ashford 16″ rigid heddle loom
• Warping method:  Easy direct warp method for rigid heddle, 1 end in hole and 1 end in slot.
• Number of warp ends: 228
• Reed: 15 dent rigid heddle reed.
• Width in reed: 14″
• Selvedges: I added 4 extra ends to each of the selvedges, as they tend to get pulled in, and I used a temple.
• Sett after finishing: Warp 16 epi, and weft 16 ppi.
• Color Pattern Warp: 20 ends each of *Carson, Eleanor, Bernard, Eleanor, Carson, Alfred, Carson, Eleanor, Bernard, Eleanor*, Carson.
• Color Pattern Weft: Same sequence as for warp *thru*, and ending in Carson.
• Finished: 2″ hand-twisted fringe, then washed and air-dried hanging, and lightly steam pressed. Measures 76″ long (not including fringe) and 13.5″ wide, and weighs 118g. 
• Yardage:  Total yardage used for finished piece = 1040y, figured from weight of finished piece and not including loom waste.