Valley Yarns #258 Gingham Apron WIF

The Valley Yarns Gingham Apron is a beautiful and practical item to weave for you or for a gift! You’ll be inspired to do some serious cooking (or barbequing!) in this apron full of a vintage-inspired charm. Its generous size will fit all the chefs in your family and it will hold up well to frequent laundering too. Valley Yarns Valley Cotton 5/2 is a great choice for hard-working kitchen items with its strong and smooth mercerized cotton that's soft and has a subtle sheen. Choose from the expansive color offerings and create an apron that pairs your favorite shades! Draft includes sewing instructions to guide you through taking your project from cloth to finished garment. This design is in WIF format, so weavers can electronically store and exchange weave drafts, display them graphically with a weaving software, and use them to drive computer-assisted looms.

Equipment: 4-shaft loom with a 34" minimum weaving width, 1-2 shuttles, 2 bobbins, ⅛yd coordinating fabric for back ties, sewing supplies
Warp Yarn: Valley Yarns Valley Cotton 5/2 (100% Mercerized Cotton; 2100 yds/lb)
     592 yds, shown in #5421 Porcelain Green
     546 yds, shown in #8001 White
Weft Yarn: Valley Yarns Valley Cotton 5/2 (100% Mercerized Cotton; 2100 yds/lb)
     300 yds, shown in #5421 Porcelain Green  
     297 yds, shown in #8001 White
Warp Length: 2 yds of 569 ends (including 2 floating selvedges)
Sett: 18 epi (1–2 in a 12-dent reed), 15–16 ppi
Width in Reed: ~31½"
Finished Dimensions: 27½" by 28½" (plus neck band and ties)
Weave Structure: Spot Weave on a Point Twill treadling

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