Pattern Drafts

Some of my posts will include warping drafts and pattern drafts and links will be listed below.
Have fun browsing! If you use any of these yourself, I'd love to see photos.
You can e-mail me at iWeaveStraps@Gmail.com.


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PLAIN WEAVE

IN ALL WARPING DRAFTS ON THIS BLOG, CONSIDER THE TOP ROW TO BE HEDDLED THREADS AND THE BOTTOM ROW TO BE OPEN (UNHEDDLED) THREADS.

Below is a sample of a plain weave warping draft. The warping draft tells you in what order to arrange your warps on the loom to get the desired pattern. Each colored cell represents one warp thread. There are two rows. The top row represents warps that are heddled. The bottom row represents warps which are not heddled (open).
Start with #1 by threading it onto the loom, through a heddle and up over the top bar.
Then, thread #2 without a heddle, under the top bar in the "open" position.
Continue warping the rest of the threads in numerical order, always following the same order and alternating between one heddled and one open.

To see the correct paths for your loom, consult your owner's manual.
If your loom did not come with one, you may be able to follow the instructions given by
Schacht Spindle Company here.
Or Ashford Wheels & Looms here.

Simple Two-Color Patterns

Patterns W/Links to Pattern Editor (Online Design Tool)

Most Popular Pattern 

A Dozen Plain Weave Pattern Drafts

10 One Inch Wide Pattern Drafts

Design Elements- Chains

Analogous Color Schemes

Monochromatic Color Schemes

Reptile Inspirations

Using Red and Black

My Best Design Secret

Inspiration is Everywhere

PICKUP

Greek Key Pickup Tutorial

Weaving Letters on an Inkle Band

Introduction to Baltic style pickup

Two Pickup Patterns

CHARTING TOOLS

All charts were created by using one of these two sources:

The graph paper was created by Misty Wood and can be found here: http://flufdrax.deviantart.com/art/Inkle-offset-graph-74494166   I'm very grateful to her for it.

Also, now this online pattern-making tool created by Jeff Bigot makes it super easy to chart patterns in many variations. I used it to illustrate my book:
http://www.raktres.net/seizenn/loom_weaving_editor.html