Comfy Cozy

I finished up weaving the last panel for the blanket on Monday, and promptly removed it from the loom to examine the panels.

They varied a little bit in length from side to side, but I was able to arrange them to account for any differences, and pinned then together with stitch markers in preparation for seaming.

I then sewed them together using mattress stitch, picking up a warp thread from each edge and drawing the pieces together without overlap. Once the pieces were assembled, I washed it quite vigorously in our deep sink, spun out the water in our washing machine, and popped it in the dryer on the low heat “cool tumble” setting. After fulling I just had to separate and tidy up the fringe a bit, and voila! Comfy Coziness!

The blanket was 60″ x 60″ before wash/drying.

And here is afterwards, all fluffy and fuzzy (with a Momo partial photobomb, to boot!)

The final dimensions are 48″x48″ plus fringe, so I got about 20% shrinkage both vertically and horizontally. Perfect size for cuddling up with on the couch 🙂

I’ve already started getting another warp together. Might have more on that next week. For now, I must refocus my energies on the argyle.

Have a good week, folks-