Mina Ossiander -
Deflected Doubleweave
This is a deflected double weave gamp designed and woven on an eight harness loom in December 2021. The warp and weft are both a mixture of 10/2 cotton and 2/8 cottolin. It was threaded at 32 epi and was 19 inches wide in the reed, 17.5 inches off the loom, and 15 inches after wet finishing. Shrinkage lengthwise was also significant at about 22%. Each of the 7 sections of the gamp are threaded with 3 colors in blocks (a dark, a bright, and something in-between), and woven as drawn in with 2 colors in blocks. The gamp sections are each separated vertically and horizontally by 16 off-white threads, threaded and woven in a straight draw. The remainder of the warp was woven into kitchen towels, sadly they are all a little narrower than standard!