Dress side
| Timeline: all time in hours unless noted. | |
| Spinning yarn on a wheel: Note: The spinning alone on a spindle would have taken 300+ hours (Calculation based on timing of 100 yards per hour on a spindle) |
100
|
| Time spent mordanting & dyeing yarn: | |
| Madder |
12
|
| Queen Anne’s Lace |
12
|
| Time spent on weaving the fabric: | |
| Warping the loom: |
28
|
| Weaving the fabric: |
30
|
| Finishing the fabric: |
4
|
| Time spent sewing and assembling: | |
| Getting up courage to make the first cut |
1 day
|
| Cutting |
1
|
| Sewing seams |
6
|
| Finishing raw edges |
8
|
| Total hours invested in project:* *Not including this documentation. |
201
|
Counts
Amount or wool used:
Amount of Dyestuffs used:
Madder
Queen Anne’s Lace:
Alum:
Warp spun:
Weft spun:
Total spun:
End per inch:
Picks per inch:
Width in reed:
Total number of ends:
Warp length:
Width of fabric, finished:
Length of fabric, finished:
Conclusion - Thoughts & Challenges | Appendix A - Timeline & Numbers | Appendix B - Dye Recipes | Bibliography