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Finnish Lace Block Throw - All Fiber Arts

Finnish Lace Block throw, woven in organic Foxfibre cotton.  


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Adapted from a design by Anna Henricksson # 232, p.97
A Handweavers Pattern Book, Marguerite Porter Davison
Swarthmore, PA, 1944

This throw uses Foxfibre naturally coloured cotton and is woven in a 2 sizes of lace blocks. By changing the number of blocks and their arrangement, this design can be easily adapted to another size of throw, or sett that is more suitable to the yarn that you have on hand.

The edges are finished with a Ladder Hemstitch.

Warp: 7/2 Foxfibre Cotton - Coyote
Weft: 10/2 Foxfibre Cotton - Light Green
Warp: 7/2 Foxfibre cotton, 2940 ypp
Weft: 7/2 Foxfibre cotton
No. Ends: 672
Length: 3 yards
Sett: 16 epi
Ppi: 16

The lace blocks are arranged as shown in the diagram, with 24 ends of tabby between each block and on each border.

  • Border: Tabby - 24 ends
  • Double Block - 102 ends
  • Tabby - 24 ends
  • Single Block - 60 ends
  • Tabby - 24 ends
  • Double Block - 102 ends
  • Tabby - 24 ends
  • Double Block - 102 ends
  • Tabby - 24 ends
  • Single Block - 60 ends
  • Double Block - 102 ends
  • Tabby - 24 ends
  • Total Ends = 672


24 rows of tabby are woven between each lace block, and the treadle sequence is repeated 9 times, for the length of the throw.

Double Block Draft

Single Block Draft

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