Maurice Brassard

Cotton Bouclé 8/2

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This is a lovely Cotton Bouclé yarn by Maurice Brassard of Quebec, Canada

This is a lovely weaving yarn with loops and slubs that will bring a nice texture to your fabric. You can use it for warp or weft. Great for weaving tea towels, table runners, cushion covers and more, it also washes beautifully. Matches well with the 8/2 cotton.

Bouclé (pronounced 'boo-clay') is the term for both a type of yarn and the fabric made from the yarn. It is a French word meaning curly, which refers to the loops in the fabric.

Specifications:

Yarn weight:	8/2
Material:	100% Cotton (Boucle style)
Cone:	227 grams (1/2 lb)
Length:	1051 metres (1150 yards)
Wraps per inch:	Approx 30
Sett - plain weave:	Approx 15 - 18 epi
Sett - twill:	Approx 18 - 20 epi

"I used this Maurice Brassard Bouclé cotton yarn as the weft for my tea towels (see photos). The draft is "Moscow nights" from a Handwoven magazine 2015"

About wraps per inch & setts...

The wpi and epi numbers above are approximate and a guide to help you only. There really is no substitute for doing your own sampling to achieve the fabric you want.

What do yarn weight numbers mean?

In simple terms, the lower the first number, the thicker one ply of yarn is. The second number denotes how many plies the yarn has. So a 10/2 yarn and a 3/2 yarn both have 2 plies, but the 3/2 yarn is much thicker than the 10/2 yarn.

Useful weaving calculators...

There are lots of weaving calculators on the internet including these from Janet Dawson which including a weaving project calculator, denting, reed substitution & average sett.