The warp is knit from hemp in a simple garter stitch with every fourth row a wrapped and dropped stitch.
Here it is stretched on some amazing device I found at a church sale; not sure what it is meant for, possibly something to do with quilting.
I will post the next stage tomorrow when it gets light – it is done but I want to take the picture in the day in natural light. And by then I may have decided what it is to become…….