Homespun Rainbow Blanket

When I crocheted, I probably made over a hundred items from Lion Brand Homespun Yarn.  It was soft and cuddly.  Bulky weight meant it was quick to make anything from a scarf to a poncho to an afghan.

Weaving has not dimmed my love of Lion Brand Homespun.  A recent project  inspiration for my weaving group was "Rainbow Connection" and I was inspired to do this blanket.

I also wanted to do a large project on my smallest loom - my 10" SampleIt. because it is done in panels with a bulky yarn, it is a quick weave.  The texture of the yarn also makes it very forgiving.

This is woven  in seven panels - each panel takes almost a full skein of yarn.  I whipstitched the panels together - next time I will probably use a baseball stitch to join the panels.

Materials

Lion Brand Homespun, 1 skein each Candy Apple, Wildfire, Golden, Malachite, Montana Sky, Colonial Blue and Gothic.

Ashford SampleIt Loom, 10" wide

5 dent heddle.

Warp length - 90"

(Note that loom waste was minimal since I used the  SampleIt - a regular sized Rigid Heddle Loom will require a warp of at least 96", but panels will need to be narrower or shorter to use one skein of yarn)

44 ends (roughly 9" wide in reed)

 Weave a short header of 3-4 picks scrap yarn.

Weave each panel to 67" long.

Weave  3-4 picks of scrap yarn.

Remove from loom.  Each panel should measure 8" x 60"

Tie knots in groups of four.

Sew panels together in rainbow order (ROYGBIV) and cut fringe to 1" long.

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