Pink and green inkle tote

JacQueline Keller's picture
inkle strips are butted up against each other and stitched onto canvass to create sturdy colourful fabric
Project
Project Status: 
Finished
Yarn
Yarn:
Color:
Type:
Loom
Loom Used: 
Inkle Loom
Number of Shafts: 
2
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Weaving by the River's picture
Joined: 06/10/2009
Great Project!!

I like the colors and especially how they are arranged.  Also nice touch using canvas for a foundation!!  I've been pondering a purse/bag with inkle but have been daunted by the handworked involved after the actual inkle bands are completed.

JacQueline Keller's picture
Joined: 06/18/2011
cheers!

Thank you! the handwork can be a pain, but I discovered that if I weave every band with the same border colour (even just 2 strands-one open, one heddle), then when they butt up against each other I can pin them and zig zag with the same colour thread and it pretty much disappears. :)  I always sew in a lining, which covers the unsightly zig zag on the inside, but I do that part by hand because I'm not terribly confident on my machine. I weave bands like crazy and nowhere to put them! So they go in a bag and get used later for these.