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Fresh Citrus Napkins and Tablecloth by Rebecca Fox

These sunny, beautiful napkins with matching tablecloth are perfect for summer picnics or for brightening up your dining room table.

Structure: Twill (napkins), plain weave (tablecloth)

Loom Type: 8-shaft loom (napkins), 2-shaft loom (tablecloth).

Finished Dimensions: 6 hemmed napkins, 18 ½" x 18 ¼"; 1 hemmed tablecloth, 42" x 42".

YARNS

Napkins Warp: 8/2 unmercerized cotton (3,360 yd/lb; UKI, Valley, Webs, Yarn Barn of Kansas), Webs Spectra Yellow #1382, 148 yd; Webs Pale Yellow #1171, 148 yd; UKI Yellow #31, 148 yd; UKI Beauty Rose #24, 274 yd; UKI Cinnamon #37, 274 yd; Webs Peaches and Cream #4548, 274 yd; Yarn Barn Pumpkin #8265, 274 yd; Webs Orange 4425, 274 yd; Webs Army Green # 5606, 126 yd; Webs Willow Green #5604, 126 yd; Webs Lime #5792, 126 yd; Webs Natural #8176, 264 yd.

Napkins Weft: 8/2 unmercerized cotton (3,360 yd/lb; Webs), Natural #8176, 360 yd; Lime #5792, 288 yd; Peaches and Cream #4548, 624 yd; Orange 4425, 624 yd; Pale Yellow #1171, 336 yd.

Napkins Warp Ends: 518.

Napkins Warp Length: 5 ¼ yd long.

Tablecloth Warp: 8/2 unmercerized cotton (3,360 yd/lb; UKI, Valley, Webs, Yarn Barn of Kansas), Webs Spectra Yellow #1382, 80 yd; UKI Yellow #31, 80 yd; UKI Orange #43, 80 yd; UKI Beauty Rose #24, 80 yd; UKI Cinnamon #37, 80 yd; Webs Peaches and Cream #4548, 80 yd; Webs Orange #4425, 80 yd; Webs Army Green # 5606, 80 yd; Webs Lime #5792, 80 yd; Webs Natural #8176, 1,760 yd.

Tablecloth Weft: 8/2 unmercerized cotton (3,360 yd/lb; Webs), Webs Spectra Yellow #1382, 50 yd; UKI Yellow #31, 50 yd; UKI Orange #43, 50 yd; UKI Beauty Rose #24, 50 yd; UKI Cinnamon #37, 50 yd; Webs Peaches and Cream #4548, 50 yd; Webs Orange #4425, 50 yd; Webs Army Green # 5606, 50 yd; Webs Lime #5792, 50 yd; Webs Natural #8176, 1,064 yd.

Tablecloth Warp Ends: 992.

Tablecloth Warp Length: 2 ½ yd long.

SETTS

Napkins Warp: 24 epi (2/dent in a 12-dent reed).

Napkins Weft: 23 ppi.

Napkins Width in the Reed: 21 ¾".

Tablecloth Warp: 20 epi (2/dent in a 10-dent reed).

Tablecloth Weft: 20 ppi.

Tablecloth Width in the Reed: 49 ⁴/₁₀".

Project originally published in Handwoven, May/June 2014.