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Cotton Canvas: Plied Thread in a Close Plain Weave
Canvas is a durable plain-woven cloth, once of hemp and now usually of cotton or linen, for sails, tents, covers, bags and painting. Ply cotton thread into a thick yarn, warp it close, and weave it over-one-under-one with a hard, even beat so the cloth is dense.
The picture: our diagram of plain weave.
Intermediate
A week
Instructions
1
1
Ply the yarn
Ply the yarn
Ply three cotton threads together on the drop spindle, twisting the opposite way to their spin, into a thick, firm yarn.
Materials for this step:
Cotton Thread4500 mTools needed:
Drop Spindle2
2
Warp close
Warp close
Warp the loom with the canvas yarn, two ends per slot and hole if the heddle is coarse, so the warp lies close.
Tools needed:
Rigid Heddle Loom
Ruler
C-Clamp
Scissors3
3
Weave hard
Weave hard
Weave plain weave, beating each pick in firmly and evenly with the heddle so the weft packs as close as the warp.
Tools needed:
Rigid Heddle Loom
ShuttleRuler4
4
Finish
Finish
Cut the cloth off, knot or hem the ends, and wash it once in hot water so it shrinks tight.
Tools needed:
Scissors5
5
Thread needed
Thread needed
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