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FOR SIMPLICITY OF USE, CONSIDER THE TOP ROW TO BE HEDDLED THREADS AND THE BOTTOM ROW TO BE OPEN THREADS ON ALL OF THE DRAFTS.
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Simple Two-Color Patterns
This post pays tribute to simplicity. A good combination of two colors can create a simple but satisfying piece. Below are a few of my favorite ways to use only two colors in a plain weave design. You'll find the pattern chart below each one. If you use any of these to weave a piece yourself, I'd love to see the results.
Send a link or a photo to me at iweavestraps@gmail.com
FOR SIMPLICITY OF USE, CONSIDER THE TOP ROW TO BE HEDDLED THREADS AND THE BOTTOM ROW TO BE OPEN THREADS ON ALL OF THE DRAFTS.
Send a link or a photo to me at iweavestraps@gmail.com
FOR SIMPLICITY OF USE, CONSIDER THE TOP ROW TO BE HEDDLED THREADS AND THE BOTTOM ROW TO BE OPEN THREADS ON ALL OF THE DRAFTS.
Love the green and yellow. I am looking for a pattern for Swedish colors, blue and yellow. This would work, I think.
ReplyDeleteJust learning. Do u just use one color on the shuttle?
ReplyDeleteRobin. The shuttle holds the weft yarn, which doesn't show except a tiny bit where it comes out the end of the row and turns into the next. Inkle weaving is warp-faced, no weft showing. I usually use the same color for weft as I do for the warp in the border areas; this way it is not noticeable at all. You can use a contrasting color which will then just show a tiny spot of the weft color along the edge. I hope that helps.
Deletela urdimbre , es el gráfico? en ese orden debo poner los hilos en la urdimbre?
ReplyDeleteSí. en este tipo de tejido, sólo la urdimbre puede ser visto.
DeleteUtilice un solo color para la trama que no se verá. Empuje la urdimbre juntos para que cada toca la siguiente. Espero que entienda usted mis instrucciones. Yo no hablo bien español.
Thanks...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful designs, I will weave them :)
ReplyDeleteRegards Aśka:)
I like the green and yellow ... if I make the "green" purple and the "yellow" gold, it should fit for a Vikings football fan, don't you think? Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteConnie, sounds good to me!
DeleteI can't seem to find any books on beginning Inkle weaving. I found the Inkle Pattern Directory, but that was it. No stores here to help and no classes offered either. Any suggestions? Please.... Thank you
ReplyDeleteIf you want a book in print, I recommend Helene Bress' Inkle Weaving which you can purchase by following the link in my side bar to the Woolery.
DeleteIf you can learn from online tutorials, please check the links on my resources page. There should be plenty of material there to help you get started. Best of luck! Annie
I just was gifted with an acoustic guitar from my daughter. It does have a place to attach a strap at the bottom, but I don't see a way to attach the other end on the guitar body or the neck. Can you help me figure out how I would attach a strap? Love to make one, but can't justify the hardware if it won't work for my guitar! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteHi! Sorry that I didn't see your comment until now! There are two options for attaching the strap at the neck end. 1)Go to your local music store and see about purchasing a button and having it installed on the body near the neck. 2)Use a string or lace to tie through the hole on the leather tab of the strap and then around the head of the guitar underneath the strings. ~Annie
DeleteAnd I just made the green and yellow with black and gold/yellow. Looks awesome.
ReplyDeleteJust curious. In one of your videos you state that you always heddle your first warp because it is makes things easier to control. In the last pattern with the 2 shades of green however, it shows the first warp as non-heddled. Or am I reading it incorrectly?
ReplyDeleteI suppose I should never say "always". While it is true that I usually prefer the first and last threads to be in heddles, this is not always the way it works out. In the last pattern on this page, it is shown as having the first and last warps in the open shed and I'm not sure why I showed it this way. If I was using this draft, I'd flip it upside down and then it would start and end with a heddled warp. Sorry for the confusion! Annie
ReplyDeleteWhich shuttles do you recommend?
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't know what brand to recommend as there are so many makers out there. There was someone in Washington state that used to make them and his are my favorite. He has since stopped. I prefer thin edges on both sides, not just one. The better sanded they are, the smoother they feel in your hand. I think that most people choose shuttles based on how they feel in the hand. I prefer them to be 8-10" long. A shorter shuttle means that when you wind the yarn on, it becomes too fat too quickly. I think that most people choose shuttles based on how they feel in your hand.
ReplyDeleteCan I make belts like this on a heddle loom?
ReplyDeleteYes. Keep in mind, though, that these are warp-faced. When woven with a heddle, you have to be able to push all of the warps together, leaving no space between them. The weft should not be visible in between warps.
DeleteHola !! encontre tus publiaciones y me parecieron divinas !! una duda. se pueden hacer con telar circular ( mapuche ),, asi pruebo, beso y gracias por compartir
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Delete¡Gracias! ¡Claro que se pueden hacer en telar mapuche!