The loomskin

This jacket fits me well so it became the basis for the weaving. Here I've marked with pins where the edge of the yoke will come.

After pinning and measuring the yoke on the jacket I began to draw up the warping pattern for the yoke using the sett ruler. I worked first on paper and then on interfacing which I eventually sewed onto the loomskin. This took several attempts and I was glad of Frieda's help to hold the things in position for me. When I stand her on the table, she is just my height! (Frieda is the name my daughter gave my homemade dressmaker's dummy).

This is the yoke after a lot more of the warp is drawn on. It also shows the fabric reinforcing I added to the front opening.