Eileen O’Connor, Seattle Weavers’ Guild, Seattle, WA
Name/Description: Silk noil overshirt
Made For?: Woman
Size: M
Fabric Construction: Woven
Fabric Construction – Other:
Woven Structure: 2 block, broken twill8 shaftsBaby Wolf, 8-shaft, floor loom
Yarn Details and SETT: Sett: 12 epi, Various noil silks, mix of sizes
Handspun Details:
Stitches:
Special Treatments: Blue yarns were hand-dyed using an indigo vat.
Textile Finishing: Finished fabric was machine washed and dried.
Textile Challenges: No, but selvedges were funky!
Garment Construction: Basic tailoring. Cut edges serged, seams machine sewed. Heavy use of my steam iron!
Lining:
Special Features:
Pattern: Modified from Simplicity #6380 (1974).
Garment Challenges: Careful layout to keep those horizontal lines from wandering around‚
