Plain weave automatically weaves patterns into your work.
The arrangement of different colors create the patterns.
Possible patterns include stripes, checker boards, bars of different lengths, chains and flowers
This is a warping pattern for a 17 thread Shoe String
Numbers at the top indicate the numbers in the sequence.
It is read in a zig zag pattern, ignoring empty squares.
Pick out colors for the edge, background, flower and flower center and color in the squares for each.
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
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E |
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B |
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F |
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F |
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C |
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F |
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F |
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B |
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E |
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E |
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B |
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B |
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F |
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F |
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B |
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B |
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E |
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E = Edge B=Background F= flower C=Center
Read the pattern: E, E, B, B, F, B… in a zig zag fashion.
To warp it, Place clamps 30-36” apart.
Start with the edge color.
Make a slip knot and place on the post of your clamp.
2 edge color are needed, so go to the second clamp and around, extending your thread about 1.5” beyond the clamp post. Cut it here and with an overhand knot, tie on the next color. Continue adding warp threads, forming a figure 8 around the clamps until all 17 threads have been added.
Finish with a slip knot around the last post.
Place lease sticks and tie ends of warp to secure them.
Take the warp off the clamps and lay across a table with one end towards you.
Threading the rigid heddle
Clip the end facing you so it can be threaded through the heddle.
Center is very important. It is marked with a C on the pattern, and it is also marked on your heddle. Here it is also the center of the flower pattern.
Put your heddle gently into one clamp and lay the clamp flat on the table. This hold your heddle up for easy threading.
Thread your heddle: start in the center of the heddle and thread the center thread of your warp through the center hole or slot. Work your way out to the ends using the order of threads in the lease sticks.
After threading @6 threads, gather them and tie a slip knot toward the ends to keep them secure and untangled. Do this all the way across.
If catastrophe happens and your heddle gets knocked, it will not get unthreaded.
When threading is complete, put your backstrap on and tie on to your front rod using the Larkshead #2 “knot”. Use a slip knot, not a square knot as it often takes 2-3 times of tying on to get your tension even.
Patterns in order: Single Cable, Adjacent Cable, single flower, alternating bars
b - background color X pattern Color x 2nd pattern color C/ Center color
Ignore White spaces
Read pattern from left to right and alternating top to bottom. These charts show the Warping / threading pattern
When warping, warp according to the chart, cutting and tying on the new color as often as every row, depending on what the chart calls for.
In warp faced weaves, The Weft thread only shows on the edges. Warp threads are pulled together. The Weft should be the same color as the borders
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