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A handwoven blanket and a dog can spell disaster.  

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Blanket:

A while ago, I wove some handspun/dyed mohair blankets. I sold several of them, but decided to keep one for myself as the colours were so bright and cheery.

The warp was comprised of 2/3 commercial 2 ply wool and 1/3 handspun. For the handspun, I spun a singles of wool and plyed it with a commercially spun mohair. The weft was a 2 ply commercial wool.

I dyed 1/3 of the yarns (both warp and weft) in red, 1/3 in cyan and 1/3 in blue. The warp was 44" wide and sett at 6 e.p.i. I used an 8 dent reed, allowing an extra space for each mohair yarn.

I wanted to create large squares of colour, so I divided the warp equally into thirds. 1/3 red, 1/3 cyan, 1/3 blue. Correspondingly, the weft was woven in thirds as well. I liked the effect of colour, however, if I did this project again, I would have more contrast of colour between the green and blue. I think the blue should have been in the dye pot a bit longer.

Dog:


One day, I was curled up in it reading a good book, and my faithful dog "Q" laid beside me as she always does. I fell asleep. When I awoke, I found she had chewed a hole in my new blanket.

The blanket now has a 3" hole in it. Help??

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