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The Headband Project: A Recap of the beginning
I’ve been working on a little project (you can see my posts at the Inside Mirrix blog) making a woven headband and wanted to recap my progress so far on this blog.
I decided a few weeks ago that I need a new headband. Instead of heading down to the H&M, I decided to make my own. I purchased some plain plastic headbands in varying sizes and began a simple weaving on my 16″ Mirrix using cotton and novelty yarn weft and C-Lon warp. I have a few inches of weaving to go before I begin assembling the headband!
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| Blank Headbands |
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| The weaving, so far |
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rosebudlia
What a brilliant idea! It looks wonderful.
x
Susan
Could you please tell more detail such as width and coil used. I find it hard to determine what sett to use when using thick and thin wefts. I try to make little bundles all the same thickness, but that doesn't always work.Thanks!
Elena Zuyok
Sure thing!
I used a 10 dpi warp coil and warped an inch and a half across (15 dents). It will pull in some and I wanted to leave some space on the edges to sew around once it's on the headband (which is an inch thick at the widest point). I will weave the piece until it is about fifteen and a half inches long which will leave enough room for me to fold over and sew the ends.
I started this project on the Mirrix Marketing blog so you can get more details about [the beginning of] this project by reading my posts there. (http://mirrixmarketing.blogspot.com/2011/03/headband-progress.html)
Hope that helps!
Elena
Elena Zuyok
Update: I ended up using a headband blank that was an inch and a half at the thickest point. This made it tough to sew the backing on at that wide point, but it worked out. If you are to use a headband that thick, I suggest warping 17 dents across with a ten dent spring (or, about 1.75 inches).