This weekend I wet-finished and hemmed the blue/yellow leg wraps I had recently taken off the loom. Very pleased with how they look. They were very weft dominant before wet-finishing, however the weave evened out after washing and pressing.
Recommended twill set for this yarn was 15-18 ends per inch. I warped them at 20 ends per inch knowing that my loom with its heavy hanging beater is rough on narrow widths and I wanted to compensate for that. 20 epi seems to be a good sett for this yarn/project. I will use it again on the next pair as I have picked up yarn in about a dozen colors with the thought that I will weave more leg wraps in the future.
I lost 25% of the width due to draw in and wet-finishing which is surprising to me to lose that much. The final width is three inches. Length for each leg wrap is just over 3 yards. Hopefully, the recipient will be pleased.
Weaving was pleasant once I shifted to my Bluster Bay end feed shuttle from a boat shuttle. That meant I could tension the yarn as it came off the shuttle, making it easier to control the selvage. I had intended to weave without using a floating warp threads, but I was dissatisfied with the way the selvage was looking and ended up adding them about 18 inches into the weaving. The warp length also was enough to do a few color/weave samples after the main body of the leg wraps were done.
The leg wraps after wet-finishing
