Picked up the small 7" Potholder loom again for more Continuous-Strand weaving. My goal was to weave a thicker potholder.
The earlier potholders were made with 2-strands of cotton yarn held together for both warp and weft. (Remember: Two-strands of yarn goes around the potholder "peg" thereby doubling the yarn to 4-strands in each row.) The potholders work nicely as a rug mug or trivet but seemed flimsy when carrying a hot pot.
The first sample was warped with 2-strands then I added an additional weft strand when I started to weave. The 2-warp/3-weft resulted in a nice firm cloth. I counted twenty-seconds before I could feel the heat from a hot stove when I tested it for heat resistance.
Next I wove 3-strands for both warp and weft. It made a very dense, stiff cloth with almost thirty-seconds of heat resistance on a hot stove.
I was hoping I would like making the 3-warp/3-weft potholder. I gave it my best shot but decided that weaving with 3-strands was not a pleasurable experience: it was easy to make mistakes (skips) and the last few rows were a challenge with the tight tension. It was just not fun.
Instead I opted to weave the potholders with 2-strands of warp/3-strands of weft.
