Number two of three Donegal Tweed neckwear pieces, mid October was reeled off the loom, and now it is fully finished and so photographable. These three tweeds have literally made me fall in love with weaving on my Ashford Knitters Loom. But what to call them…. scarves? Wraps? Stoles? The three Donegal Tweed pieces I’ve woven have used up every ounce of my stash.

♣  Weaving Notes  ♣ 

• Yarn: Isager Tweed made in Donegal, also known as Donegal Tweed by other brands.
• Loom: Ashford Knitters Loom, 20″.
• Reed: 12.5 dent reed, optimal I think, for the Donegal Tweed, 1 thread in the heddle/hole, and 1 thread in the dent/slot.
• Warp (sett) = 15 epi and Weft = 6 ppi. 
• Direct warp method; if you take a look at the photos in the gallery you’ll see I am winding on to the back beam while scooting the table & loom closer and closer to the pegs clamped down, I’m finding this is a good way to maintain tension on the warp while winding it on.
• Selvedge: Doubled up two outer most selvedge warp yarns, and used a temple.
• Finished: Not wet finished, but steamed, tied a simple knotted fringe (knots could be taken out and twisted fringe worked, but I prefer the soft yarn strands). 
• Measurements: 74″ long x 18″ wide, not including 4″ fringe.
• Weight: 248 grams.

I am finding with weaving that after the piece is taken off the loom, weft ends woven in, fringe knotted, twisted, or braided, then it seems to take on its third dimension . . . draping, folding, wrapping around, rippling into its new personality, yarns blooming and fusing in place and it simply finds itself coming into being.

Number one of a series of Donegal Tweed neckwear pieces I intend to weave. The wrap, stole, scarf, throw, is 17″ wide and 98″ long, not including the fringe.

This wrap is au natural in photos, minimally steamed, but otherwise not wet finished, it now needs to hang in the rafters a while to let it relax more. Already off of the loom for a couple of weeks it is not at all stiff, as I thought it was going to be, but like leather, or linen, needs to be handled and used to soften up to be a really seriously fine 100% Irish Wool piece.

Another day with storm brewing, I’m afraid is making the photos all a bit dark.

♣  Weaving Notes  ♣ 

• Finished piece commentary here, the weaving notes for this piece are to be found on this post In Love (with Plain Weave Check).
• Yarn: Isager Tweed made in Donegal, also known as Donegal Tweed by other brands.
• Loom: Ashford Knitters Loom, 20″.
• Sett: Warp =14 epi (ends, or warp threads per inch, and weft = 10 ppi (picks, or weft threads per inch).
• Reed: 15 dent rigid heddle reed: 1 thread in the heddle/hole, and 1 thread in the dent/slot.