Following along with the Jane Stafford Online Guild, I have worked through Episode 5.2 Canvas Weave. I rearranged the draft to weave napkins instead of a sampler. Canvas weave is a fun and easy one shuttle weave. Jane gave us lots to think about, and different ways to create canvas lace. For the napkins, I choose two colours of 2.8 cotton: natural and flax. I put the canvas lace in the centre, and smaller amounts of canvas towards the outer edges, creating a nine-patch square when woven as drawn in. Throughout the episode, Jane Stafford gave us many variations, so we went beyond the simple Tromp-as-writ. I wove 14 napkins in total. Here are my four favourites.




Lovely, as always beautiful work
Thanks, Gin