Finnish Lace Dinner Napkins Weaving Pattern Download

Finnish Lace Dinner Napkins by Gayle Pace

These napkins by Gayle Pace are lovely in their simplicity and charm. With 3 colors of cottolin from your stash, you can weave napkins that match your dinner table, and wow your guests. A mini cone of cottolin holds about 1,700 yards. For the main color you’ll need about ½ of a mini cone and for the other two colors, much less. Color wraps will help you get started. Would you rather weave towels? Weave 20 repeats rather than 10 repeats for 3 towels, and skip the side hems.

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• Finnish Lace Dinner Napkins pattern PDF
• Finnish Lace Dinner Napkins WIF
• WIF Frequently Asked Questions PDF

Structure: Single-end huck.
Yarns:
Warp: 22/2 cottolin (60% cotton/40% linen; 3,175 yd/lb; Bockens), #2044 Chocolate, 144 yd; #2008 Sun Yellow, 480 yd; #2042 Lt Olive, 352 yd.
Weft: 22/2 cottolin, #2044 Chocolate, 108 yd; #2008 Sun Yellow, 358 yd; #2042 Lt. Olive, 264 yd.
Equipment: 4-shaft loom, 17" weaving width; 15-dent reed; 3 shuttles with bobbins.
Warp Length: 244 ends 4 yd long (allows 10" for take-up, 26" for loom waste).
Setts: EPI: 15 (1/dent in a 15-dent reed). PPI: 16.
Dimmensions:
Width in the Reed: 16⁴/₁₅".
Woven Length: 108" (measured under tension on the loom).
Finished size after washing and hemming: 6 napkins, 12½" x 12½" each.

Originally Published: Handwoven, March/April 2017.