Band weaving

If I want to try out a band pattern or just weave something quickly I usually set up the warp and thread it onto my heddle at the same time. This isn’t the most meticulous way to set up a small weave, but I find it to be the fastest and for small weaves woven on my kind of heddles I find it to work

backstrap bandweaving

I'm excited to announce that my second book will be available on August 28, 2024! It can be pre-ordered from Schiffer Publishing and various booksellers, and you can also ask your favorite weaving shop or bookstore to order it for you. Read the description below or click here to visit the book's page at Schiffer…

Rigid heddles are wonderful tools for bandweaving, once you know how to use them. Watch an exclusive video featuring Spin Off’s Kate Larson to learn how to warp and weave on a rigid heddle, no loom required!

I am running an online workshop for the Braid Society on Braids & Bands group https://groups.io/g/braidsandbands This blog is part of the workshop for week one. The Woolery in the USA, has published a post about the workshop https://woolery.com/blog/ If you live in the USA, their online shop is open for equipment etc. I love band weaving. The back strap is such a practical way to weave and very portable. I also love weaving equipment, from the simple to the more highly decorated. I have…

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 t...

Look familiar? The project was introduced in the second half of this post .

Weaving a filled tubular cord with a weaving disc. This blog accompanies two articles in the Journal for Weavers, Spinners and Dyers. https://journalwsd.org.uk/ Journal for Weavers, Spinners and Dyers, 285 Spring 2023 A Weaving Disc - an exploration of history and uses. Part 1, and 285 2023, Summer, A Weaving Disc - part 2. What is disc weaving? I have been exploring a little known weaving implement: a weaving disc. The disc seems to have originated in Indonesia but also appears in Lithuania…

We have recently been sent the following, lovely post, from long-term Woodlorean Bosco Li. Bosco has successfully tried his hand at making a pair of beautiful Sami shoe bands, after seeing them on …

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…