WE agreed to wait for Fall/Spring to start a new WAL and we agreed to September.  It's now Sept 10 and it's time for the WAL.

Who, what, where and when?   Raise your hand, get typing and give us a plan, please?

Claudia

Comments

Sat, 09/11/2010 - 04:38

jordanj (not verified)

My RH loom is currently idle, but I don't have a firm idea of what to do. Anyone else have a good idea?

Jennifer

Sat, 09/11/2010 - 08:35

Caroline (not verified)

Are we going to do something from the new book Weaving Ideas? There are some great techniques to learn in there.

I've done pretty little in the way of weaving for weeks, its been so cold and fibre crafts don't go well when you are wearing fingerless gloves. So my loom is still set up for Krokbragd using the one  heddle and a string heddle for the third shed, exactly as Jane Patrick suggests. Its an easy weave once you get the hang of it, and doesn't involve a tabby binder, and is a good introduction to weaving with more than 2 sheds. There is no reason to make it more complicated by introducing a second rigid heddle, and that might even slow it up.

Its something even the newest weavers could tackle with confidence.  And its good for stash busting all those short bits of coloured yarn!

Sat, 09/11/2010 - 11:39

kellytwo (not verified)

I'm ready for a WAL, and I vote for the krokbragd too. The colors are so beautiful, and I think they would make great mug rugs for gifts. But I'll weave what the majority wants. I love trying something new. 

Doreen

Sat, 09/11/2010 - 12:46

claudia (not verified)

Count me in on the krokbragd.  I have my loom warped with some stash yarns and I was just playing with new structures.  It could easily be a krokbragd project.

Caroline, will you lead the way?

Claudia

Sat, 09/11/2010 - 13:54

Caroline (not verified)

OK, I'll start getting some photos and the draft sorted tomorrow as I'm on my way to bed, but Krokbragd sounds good to me and it makes fabulous mug rugs as the cloth is quite thick and firm. Its a good one for experimenting with, and the Jane Patrick book gives a few different ways of making the patterns.

For anyone who hasn't got the book, I'll see if I can find something else to give a sample pattern. The draft itself is dead simple and setting the loom up is very straightforward.

When do you want to start?

Sat, 09/11/2010 - 18:26

claudia (not verified)

The draft can be posted because it's a common draft, no copyright.  I'd like to start on Sept 20th.  Does that work for others?  I have a quick, easy scarf on the loom now and it will definitely be done in a week.

Claudia

Sat, 09/11/2010 - 23:32

Caroline (not verified)

It was more the explanantion of how the actual weaving works, without pinching someone else's words <grin>! Now I shall have to learn how to post drafts etc, I haven't had the need to investigate that yet!

September the 20th sounds fine by me; it gives me a bit of time to finish off a few other things I have on the go at the moment.

Sun, 09/12/2010 - 01:12

kellytwo (not verified)

September 20th sounds great. I'll have to see what I have in my stash already, without having to spin or buy anything new. For one of the weft faced samples, Jane Patrick used 8/4 cotton rug warp set at 10 epi, and worsted weight knitting yarn for the weft. Does that sound like what we should do? I want mine to be mug rugs and I have plenty of both. Now I'm not sure if she said 10 epi or 8 epi. I'll have to re-check the book. It was at the beginning of the weft faced designs chapter. 

Doreen

Sun, 09/12/2010 - 08:14

Caroline (not verified)

Anyone who is interested and hasn't got the Jane Patrick book,  PM me and I can provide alternative sources of info. I'll be providing links to making a continuous string heddle anyway; much easier than it looks!

Sun, 09/12/2010 - 22:52

ruthmacgregor (not verified)

I'd love to join in the fun, too!  September 20th sounds good.  That will give me time to weave off the warp currently on my small loom and sort through my yarn stash to see what's yearning to be handled.

Krokbragd sounds like a lot of fun.  I've looked at the drafts before but have never woven it.

Ruth

Mon, 09/13/2010 - 22:30

ALittlebird (not verified)

I'd like to do this even though things are really crazy here right now. Mugs rugs would be nice in krokbragd.

Mon, 09/13/2010 - 23:27

Caroline (not verified)

If anyone does not have the Jane Patrick book, my email address is [email protected]. I have a couple of small pdf files with the draft, extracted from out-of-copyright material, that I can send you. I will start a separate thread shortly with diagrams for how to warp up, but basically, set the rigid heddle up as for plain weave. Your warp threads need to be finer than your weft. I used my 7.5 inch RH on my Knitters Loom along with 2 strands of 20/2 cotton for warp, but #10 crochet cotton such as Aunt Lydias would work just as well and make a nice fringe when you finish. Its also good for the string heddles. Weft for that size warp would be around the sports weight knitting/crochet cotton size. You don't want to go any thicker.

Mon, 09/13/2010 - 23:25

Caroline (not verified)

If you Google Krokbragd, one of the sites that comes up contains a Trojan unfortunately. I have tried to contact the site owners but have had no reply, and no action has been taken, so please avoid

hawthornworks.com

no matter how tempting their info looks!

Fri, 10/01/2010 - 15:42

mmorse (not verified)

For those of us who did the twill WALs, is there a way to warp this on two heddles? Would a warp through every other hole on the back heddle, single warp through every other slot and double warp for the alternates (next to the empty holes), then the single warps through the corresponding slots and holes on the front and the second slot warp through the empty holes on the front do it? Would that give us 1 front heddle up, 2 back heddle up, and 3 front heddle down?

I'm going to be lagging behind on this one, but I'd like to try it.

--mm

Fri, 10/01/2010 - 16:24

Claudia Segal (not verified)

Hey mM

You are not behind.  I am still trying to get it right.  I have photos to post on the WAL comment which is here.

Join us.  It's a fun challenge.

Claudia

Fri, 10/01/2010 - 22:31

Joanne Hall

Hi mm,

Yes, I find it very easy to weave with two heddles.  I have been wanting to post a photo of my rigid heddle krokbragd that I did last winter, but we were on a canoe trip on the Missouri and now I am packing to teach in Colorado.  But I will try to get it posted when I return.  Just follow the Davenport book.  It is very easy. 

I used an Emilia loom with two size 12 heddles.  But I suggest the size 10.  I used the Swedish single ply 6/1 wool called Faro.  It was very easy to weave.

Joanne

Fri, 10/01/2010 - 23:44

Caroline (not verified)

hi mm, there is no reason you can't do this on 2 RHs; its exactly the same draft as for the 3 shed twill. Whether the threading would be the same I don't know, as I am very comfortable using 1 RH and the 2 string sheds. You need to be able to make the 3 sheds as in the draft. If you can work out how its done can you post it on the WAL thread so it can be shared, please? It can be added as a pdf file or a jpeg now; thank you to the team for the new facilities we now have for posting things! Its good to explore all these different techniques because its gives a choice for people who find one method harder than the other.

Mon, 10/04/2010 - 15:40

mmorse (not verified)

Because I had some test warp on the loom already, I did try string heddles this weekend, without any success, I'm afraid. I just need to read more about how to do them properly--still a real beginner. Once this warp is off, I'll see if I can figure out the two-heddle approach. With pictures, even.

Thanks for starting this WAL!

--mm