Ever since I began experimenting with waves in my weavings, I can’t seem to get enough of them. I love the fluidity and beauty that curves can create. So today, I’m popping in to share 5 wavy weaving techniques that you can add to your own weaving projects. Fun and quirky, waves are a great way to jazz up your weaving repertoire. (If you are brand new to weaving, don’t worry, I’ve got you covered with several links to tutorials that will help you along the way). Some of the techniques I’m sharing today are new on the blog. And I’ll show you exactly how I did them. Others, I’ve shared elsewhere. In these cases, I’ll refer directly to the post where I’ve provided a step-by-step tutorial. Either way, you’ll be learning how to create each and every technique. Let’s get started! MATERIALS loom (see how to DIY your own here) white cotton yarn (for your vertical/warp thread) yarn varieties of your choice (for your horizontal weave) bent weaving needle long weaving needle (like this 5-inch one) scissors For some variety, I added the items below, but they are totally optional: natural wooden beads copper nuts lace ribbon 5 WAVY […]
Trying this delayed/scheduled auto-posting thingy so I don’t forget to post the new trim I finished! (Set for just after Pennsic end) The call for Pennsic largess went out recently and I figu…
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Weaving a Sámi band with 11 pattern threads. Sámi shoe band. I saw this beautiful band in Oulu in the Northern Ostrobothnia Museum. It is a Sámi shoe band. There are three motifs and the pattern repeat is: A,B,A,C, Warp and weft details Warp: red, blue and yellow wool Background: yellow wool Weft: yellow wool which makes a speckled selvedge. Warp plan for border There are 10 border threads on each side. The warp plan gives the warp order to the centre. Reverse the sequence for the complete warp. There are 51 warp ends in total. Remember that the red pattern threads are twice the thickness of the background threads. Using the Sunna double slotted heddle. The Sunna heddle has 13 shorter slots for the pattern threads. If you wish to weave a band with fewer pattern threads some slots will be empty. One pattern slot on either side is left empty. In order for the threading of the border threads to keep to the correct sequence of hole then long slot, one long slot has to remain empty on each side. Threading for the Sunna heddle. Note the empty long and shorter slot on each side. Using a standard heddle Threading for the standard heddle. Here is the pattern draft. first part of draft There are 58 picks for the pattern repeat so I have divided the chart into two. second part of draft This is the second part of the pattern draft. There are 58 picks for the pattern repeat in total. Using a standard heddle The dots on the chart indicate which pattern threads appear on the top layer of warp when raising or lowering the heddle. The heddle is raised on the odd number and lowered on the even numbers. When raising the heddle, pattern threads 2,4,6,8 & 10 appear on the surface. Lowering the heddle gives pattern threads 1,3,5,7,9 & 11 on the surface. Using a standard heddle on pick 1, you need to pick up pattern threads 1 and 13 from the lower level and drop down pattern threads 4 and 8 from the top level in order to select the correct pattern threads for the surface pattern. This is an attractive band. I like the way the weaver has made a speckled selvedge by having two red threads at the end and using a yellow weft. Can you see on the second part of the draft that the centre of the shapes has a row of three spaces? Look at the reverse side of the band. You can see that where there are three spaces on the front, the pattern on the reverse is not clear. If you look at the first part of the pattern draft, the spaces are in a cross formation and on the reverse of the band the cross is crisp. This is a typical example of Sámi design and is rarely used in other countries. It means that the band has a definite front and back. I have analysed many bands with this type of motif. It is used to great effect in the designs. Susan J Foulkes January 2015 Weaving a heart pattern. Here is a pattern for a heart shape using 11 pattern threads. You can use a Sunna double slotted heddle, a standard heddle or an inkle loom. Pattern for heart shape with 11 pattern threads. There are twelve picks for this pattern. Repeat until you have woven the length you require. Close up of the heart pattern. Happy weaving Susan J Foulkes February 2015
Last week in my post on how to have two different warp thread colors, I had woven with wool roving. I have previously talked about weaving wool roving, but I haven't yet talked about adding texture to it when you weave. The tricky part of weaving with wool roving is the fibers can be easily
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6-20-22 - I still love the pattern, it is so beautiful! But I wasn’t able to fix the mess I made, without making more of a mess. It had worn me out. So I cut it off the loom, I would have only bee...
Tied overshot, often called stars and diamonds weave, evokes images of pretty weaving patterns. Having read several articles about it, I learned that tied overshot is well known for being a tradit…
Weaver-manipulated lace weaves demonstration, the fill yarn passes through the shed formed by picking up two (or more) of the upper warp threads and
Leer weven met stap voor stap instructies In deze tutorial leer je de basis van het weven. Van het opzetten van je kettingsteken, tot het maken van weefsteken. Scroll naar beneden om alles te leren over je eerste weefproject. Weven op een weefraam is een trendy handwerktechniek. Je kunt er je eigen keuken handdoeken mee maken
Do you remember my post on simple shading? Well, since it was so easy, colorful, and fun I decided it would make a good beginner's pattern! This pattern is perfect for those who are newer to weaving and want to make something interesting. The best part is it only requires the simple over/under weave technique.
I just got home from an amazing week teaching my Foundations Tapestry Retreat at CSU Mountain Campus. This is the fourth retreat I’ve taught at this location and I have loved every single one. I didn’t want to leave yesterday but I’ll be back there next year for two retreats in June . Three Lindas
I have been playing so much with profile drafts that I decided to make some of my own. After studying Bertha Gray Hayes' patterns so much, ...
Art news leads off my hectic week. I’ve been working hard on my ‘Home of My Own’ piece. I created the trowel, the peat pot and the leaves, which completes essentially all of the components for the piece. I just need to attach them all together. I’m still poking at the salamander for the ‘Goose Pond’ piece, and I’m still crafting my box turtle for another piece. Both should be finished soon. That got me thinking about all of the craziness I’ve been involved in lately, including art projects, brain displays, my citizenship process and other family projects. Injected into all the usual mayhem are the periodic countdowns from my family reminding me that the school year is coming to a close! Soon we’ll be heading to North Carolina for a calming family vacation. Of course that meant I needed to launch into a beach piece! And when you need to make a piece, you just need to make the piece, no matter what else is on your agenda. On the bright side, the whole process has been very relaxing. I’m still torn about putting my original vision into the composition, which featured a bonfire on the beach. In my world there are two things you can stare at for hours—a bonfire and a large body of water. Combining the two just seemed like the right thing to do. Now I’m thinking I might just go for some grasses on the beach and some teeny seashells so I could hear the ocean any time I wanted to. As I created the background dimensional weave for the piece I decided I really liked how the dunes turned out, and how the piece draws your eyes into the far horizon. My art wouldn’t hang on the wall without the frames that Tom Bertolacini makes for me. This week he dropped off a dozen standard size frames plus the giant frame (did I say giant?) for my commission piece. I immediately took advantage of some nice morning weather and launched into finishing the frames. That means puttying, sanding and staining the oak frames. I managed to get them all to a reasonable stopping point before the afternoon rains set in on today. My plan is to seal them as soon as we have another low humidity day. For the big commission, I built the large custom loom I needed and warped it. I have my sand colored yarns at the ready from my beach piece, and I’ll use them to create a path through some woods. This past weekend also featured the big launch party for the Brains Extravaganza. It was amazing to see all 22 completed brains together in one place. The morning featured a photo session, but around noon the public came rolling in. And wow, did they ever! The place was packed, and fresh visitors just kept feeding in. I’m told the parking lots were packed all around the venue, which was Bloomington South High School. Just like some of my art fairs, it was a fun chance for me to see people I just don’t run into over the rest of the year. There were lots of hugs and laughs, which made for a fun time. The most sobering part was meeting several people who introduced themselves as afflicted with bipolarism. They shared some moving comments about the accuracy they found in the piece. My brain is now settled in to its next home at the main foyer of the Wells Library on campus. My inside sources tell me that it has been well received by the library patrons. Of course my personal life keeps me hopping, no matter what else is happening. Jacob had his Hip Hop Showcase at Panache studios with two performances this weekend. My brain reception went from ten until two on Saturday, at which time we skipped over to Panache for the showcase. Jim had dropped Jacob off at 1, so he was backstage ready to go. Jacob did a fine job in his dance debut, as did all the kids in the performance. Jacob was very focused, involved and enthusiastic. It was great to see all their hard work come to fruition. Thursday was our big day in Indianapolis when I had my swearing in ceremony. Everything went off without a hitch, and the judge welcomed seventy-one new citizens from all over the world. I was struck by how many nationalities were represented. I got hugs and kisses from everybody. That morning I woke up to the smell of a pie made from farmer’s market rhubarb. In the afternoon I received a beautiful bouquet of red, white and blue flowers from Grandma. Thanks everybody! I’ve been enjoying the flowers and the pie for the past several days. Oh, and one last note. I’m featured in the current issue of Bloom magazine, and I’ll have my ‘Summer Salad’ piece featured in the next issue in the Pammy’s Picks section. I was also selected to be a featured artist at the Loring Park Art Fair in Minneapolis this August—here’s a link to see what’s happening there. This week I’ll register to vote AND apply for a passport! Now I can speak my mind, vote on it, and travel all over the world to tell people about it. Hooray! Until next week… Martina Celerin
Like all fiber arts, weaving is a dive into antiquity, but our Soumak Weave Scarf…
Only a bit of weaving today on the scarf warp - my back is bothering from way too much walking over the weekend on the coast........2 long walks each day, really long walks, and lots of bending over picking up shells off the beach. This scarf I used a teal weft, it's nice, not as eye popping as the black weft but I like it. Next scarf with be another one using the black weft.
This compilation of five boundweave patterns will inspire and encourage you to give weft-faced weaving a try! Any one of these beautiful projects would be wonderful to weave and to own.
I've proposed a class in tablet weaving for our local OLLI. I don't know how the proposal will fare, but I'm having fun doing the research. Tablet weaving has been resident in my box of tricks for a long time....
Tommye Scanlin is a well-known tapestry weaver, tapestry teacher, and the author of The Nature of Things: Essays of a Tapestry Weaver, as well as her newest book, Tapestry Design Basics and Beyond.
Using a Sunna double slotted heddle with 13 pattern threads. This is the heddle that I use most frequently. Bands with 11 or 13 pattern threads can be woven comfortably. Sunna heddle, Gehpa shuttle, band lock and G-clamp Here is a heart motif. The thirteen pattern threads are red. The pattern and background threads are 6/2 cotton. The red pattern threads are doubled. There are 12 picks for the pattern repeat. The pattern chart shows only the coloured pattern threads when they appear on the surface. The coloured squares show the pattern threads that should appear on the surface of the woven band. There are 12 picks for the pattern repeat. When you reach pick 12, start again at pick 1. The pattern draft only shows the 13 red pattern threads. It is a guide to which pattern threads should appear on the surface of the woven band. Raise the heddle on the odd numbered picks and lower the heddle on the even numbered picks. All the pattern threads remain in a line in the centre of the shed when the heddle is raised or lowered. This makes it easy to pick up the pattern threads that you need to show on the surface of the band. The tip of the shuttle is used to pick up the correct pattern threads to appear on the surface of the band. Weaving at the Weave Fair, 2014 Depending upon the thickness of thread that you use, this would make a useful bookmark, with five or six pattern repeats. I wove this pattern at the Weave Fair in Umea in 2014 The Sunna Double Slotted Heddle. Here is the threading for a Sunna double slotted heddle with 13 shorter pattern slots. Threading for the double slotted heddle. To see the weaving process with a Sunna double slotted heddle, look at this YouTube video: Weaving a Sámi patterned band The Standard heddle or inkle loom. The Heart heddle: perfect for weaving this band. This beautifully carved wooden heddle is made by Åke Erlandsson, who is eighty years old. It can be purchased from Vav Kompaniet who ship worldwide. For an inkle loom, the heddled threads are indicated by the hole and the unheddled threads by the slot. Note that the centre pattern thread is always threaded through the centre hole in the heddle. When push down the unheddled threads, the pattern threads 1,3,5,7,9, 11 and 13 will appear on the surface. When using the pattern draft, you may have to bring up a pattern thread from the bottom layer or push down a pattern thread from the top layer to weave the pattern. For hints about weaving, see my YouTube video: Weaving narrow warp faced bands. Threading for a standard heddle or inkle loom. For a standard heddle, look at the pattern draft. You will see that some squares have dots. This indicates which pattern threads will normally be on the surface when you raise or lower the heddle. For pick 1, when you raise the standard heddle, pattern threads numbered 1,3,5,7,9,11 and 13 appear on the top. You will need to drop down pattern threads 3, 5, 9 and 11. For pick 2, when you lower the heddle, pattern threads numbered 2,4,6,8, 10 and 12 appear on the surface. You will need to pick up 7 and drop down 4 and 10. The dots on the weaving chart show which patterns threads appear on the surface when you raise or lower the heddle and are also a guide for designing your own patterns. Look at the pattern draft. A pattern thread which is raised over three picks, always starts and ends on a dotted square. Any single pattern thread will always be on a dotted square. Starting to weave using a backstrap. First make sure you find a comfortable weaving position. The far end of the warp is attached to a G-clamp or other post. The weaving end of the warp needs to be tied around your backstrap. 1. Divide the warp into two and take the ends around the backstrap or band lock. Take each bunch of warp ends over the backstrap or band lock. 2. Adjust the tension on the warp ends. If you pull one way and then the other you will find that the heddle rocks from side to side. The heddle should lie straight on the warp. If it leans then the warp is unevenly tensioned. The heddle leans to one side if the tension is not even. The heddle lies straight on the warp. 3. Insert a thicker thread or some sticks into the first three sheds of the warp. This helps to provide a firm base on which to start the weaving. It also spread the warp at the weaving end. Adding some sticks to the first three sheds. 4. Now start to weave the first pick. Leave a long length of weft thread at one side. Leave a tail of weft thread at the side of the first pick. 5. On the second pick, take the shuttle and weft through and also take the length of weft from the first pick through as well. There are now two weft threads in the same shed. Two wefts in the same shed. 6. Now pull on the shuttle and the loose weft end. the warp ends will pull together and the weft is secure. I usually put the weft end through the next pick as well to secure it. The warp is now ready for weaving. Happy weaving Durham Weaver 2017
In this introduction to weaving, you will learn the basics - materials & techniques - and come away with tools to create truly unique wall art!
I live in Canada – it’s a good thing to have at least a few scarves, because winter can be long and it’s always nice to have a few choices, right? Scarves are a lot of fun to mak…
Do you love texture? Do you have stash full of single skein yarns in your favourite colours? How about a varident reed and no idea how to use it? This is the perfect project. Get out your stash and weave it into a spectacular, cozy, unique saori-style wrap. This pattern will walk you through every step of using your varident reed. I’ve given all the information for the yarns and colours in the pictured scarf, but a companion blog will help you with colours and yarn substitutions if needed. Pattern requires a minimum 20” rigid heddle loom, a varident reed, 5 shuttles and all the usual weaving paraphernalia. Makes 1 scarf about 15.5 x 68” plus fringe
Leer weven met stap voor stap instructies In deze tutorial leer je de basis van het weven. Van het opzetten van je kettingsteken, tot het maken van weefsteken. Scroll naar beneden om alles te leren over je eerste weefproject. Weven op een weefraam is een trendy handwerktechniek. Je kunt er je eigen keuken handdoeken mee maken
Using a traditional weaving technique on a miniature scale, you can make tiny little weavings perfect for jewelry projects.
