Double weave rigid heddle

Found this nice 3-shaft pattern in Marian Stubenitsky’s book and converted to Rigid heddle weaving. Easy to set up the loom and weave, we wove two place mats using Cotton knitting yarn 4ply/ Sportweight. Festivity collection! Details: Reed: 2 x 15 DPI Total number of ends: 204 Width: on the loom: 13.6” ; Finished: 12” Yarns used: Shuttles & Needles Cotton knitting yarn 4ply/ Sportweight: Green quartz, Gold fusion, Black diamond Warping plan: Weaving order (14 picks to a repeat): FH down…

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Before the holidays we had dinner with some friends and one of them told me her favourite colours were red and black. Well, that just screamed out "houndstooth" to me. I love that colour combination and I was pretty sure I could weave something nice. For this project I chose a wonderfully soft merino wool from Malabrigo in Ravelry Red and Black that I picked up at Romni Wools on Queen Street West in Toronto. Each skein contained about 210 yards, so I picked up 5 skeins of each colour (for…

Double width is one of those weaving techniques that can seem like some kind of sorcery to a new weaver. It can be both very exciting and extremely daunting, all at the same time! *This post contains affiliate links. For more information, please see my disclosure policy. I remember how overjoyed I was early in

When you first learn to thread two heddles, chances are you learned the standard threading first. This threading can be organized in many different ways to create the conditions for lots of weave structures: plain weave, Hopsack, lace, twill, doubleweave, and Summer and Winter. This setup gives you the ability to manage independently, or in ... Read more

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!

The humble rigid heddle loom offers many possibilities for those who want to do more than plain weave and colourplay. If you add another heddle and/or pick up sticks, you can venture into 3, or eve…

Well, here's the great Summer Winter experiment! As you can see, on my Flip Rigid Heddle Loom, it involves 2 heddles, and 2 pick up sticks, and 2 shuttles (and 2 different yarns). Summer Winter consists of a background of plain weave under/between shots of a pattern (usually a thicker yarn - in this case just a doubled strand of yarn). The fabric pattern will have the opposite colors on the other side - thus there is a "summer" side and a "winter" side. My sample is woven looking at the…

So here's my crazy double heddle doubleweave sampler! Did this on my Schacht Flip Rigid Heddle loom using double heddles (Cascade 220 yarn a...