Hello Sunshine Pillow
Pillow Weaving pattern for 4-shaft Looms // Design by Felicia Lo
Weave this beautiful block-weave structure with the Hello Sunshine Pillow pattern. You will weave two pillow tops to be sewn together with commercial fabric backs. For weaving a pillow similar to the sample shown, shop the Hello Sunshine Pillow Yarn Set options.
This pattern is free for School of SweetGeorgia members.
Skill Level
- Intermediate
Yarn
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Warp and Weft (Ground): 3 cones Venne 8/2 Unmercerized Cotton in Linen White (710 yd / 650 m per 3.5 oz / 100 g cone; 100% organic cotton)
You can also substitute with 2 cones of Maurice Brassard 8/2 Cotton or Beam 8/2 Organic Cotton -
Weft (Pattern): 2 skeins SweetGeorgia Flaxen Silk Fine in Pineapple (480 yds / 439 m per 4 oz / 115 g skein; 65% silk, 35% linen)
Colourway discontinued — we suggest trying Papaya as a similar alternative
Equipment & Tools
- Loom: 4-shaft loom at least 24" / 61 cm wide
- Tools: 10-dent (sleyed 2 per dent), (2) boat or stick shuttles, bobbins and bobbin winder, reed hook, paper or warp sticks for beaming the warp, scissors, measuring tape, yarn needle
Structure
- Weave Structure: crackle
- Warp Length: 2 3/ 4 yd / 2.5 m (includes 30" / 76.2 cm for loom waste, take-up, shrinkage, and approximately 20" / 50.8 cm for sampling)
- Warp Ends: 411 ends, plus 2 floating selvedges = 413
- Warp Sett: 20 epi / 7.9 epcm
- Weft Sett: 40 ppi / 15.7 ppcm
- Width in Reed: 20 3/ 4" / 52.7 cm
- Woven Length: 22" / 55.9 cm per pillow top
Finished Measurements
- each finished pillow measures approximately 16 3/4" / 42.5 cm wide x 16 3/4" / 42.5 cm long
In this project, Felicia chose to weave traditional crackle (i.e. in the manner of overshot) meaning that we weave with a tabby pick in between every pattern pick. You can weave 4 pattern picks as I have here, or choose your treadling pattern. This warp includes 20" / 50.8 cm of warp for sampling.
This pattern is available for download in the School of SweetGeorgia Pattern Library. Not yet an SOS member? Visit the School of SweetGeorgia for online fibre arts workshops and resources to help expand your skills and discover new techniques, including Felicia's Weaving Crackle on 4-Shafts online course.