Inkle weaving patterns

Measure often, and don’t forget to secure those tails!

♥ ♥ Greetings fellow fibre junkies! ♥ ♥ First I thought I'd play around with supplemental weft. In the following two bands I have two wefts (horizontal) threads on separate shuttles: one finer and one that has 3 or more threads. I open the shed normally and throw through the fine weft, the, holding the same shed open drop selected warp threads, and shoot the thicker weft through. This allows that weft to pop up to the surface and create a pattern I couldn't make with a basic threading alone…

Tablet Weaving Patterns 1 - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or view presentation slides online. Open arrows (chevrons) all forward Greek Key all forward Closed arrows all forward. Reverse at regular intervals to create repeating pattern Square Snake ovals.

Explore Baltic pick-up, from setting up your inkle loom to weaving bands efficiently to getting tidy selvedges.

Tablet Weaving for the Absolute Beginner: Birka 6 – Lady Elewys of Finchingefeld, JdL, GdS

Twill tea towels, an overshot table runner pattern, and tiny weavings.

Most often, I seem to work in 2" widths, creating the guitar straps which are the main product that I sell. Consequently, many of the patte...

Basketweave Setup – Thread Placement The Honeycomb Effect By Lady Johanna Fleming Step by Step 1) Start by warping a bor...

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So far, one type of pickup stands out as my favorite way to create fancy patterns. It is most commonly know these days as "Baltic-Style" pickup. I learned it back in the 1970's from Helene Bress' book, Inkle Weaving. She refers to it as "Basketweave Background". Evelyn Neher in her book, Inkle, calls it "Speckled" the term which I have adopted and used over the years. It is also sometimes called, supplementary warp technique, European, Latvian, Scandinavian or Sami pickup. So many names…