This time, we look at another traditional weave structure and learn about its massive potential in the contemporary weaving world. Again, I thank the weavers who have gone before and left us with such a bounty of thread arrangement on the 4 shaft loom. Each structure provides us with a lifetime of exploration when we add graphic, colour, and repetitive sequences bringing everything we've learned along for the ride. And again, I didn't want my warp to end. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.
Things we will learn:
- traditional threading for M's & O's
- that we can thread Plain Weave selvedges and we can weave a version of Plain Weave selvedge... BUT, not both... you have to pick which one you want.
- if you go for the version of Plain Weave we can use floating selvedges to spiff up the selvedge (we are using 4 per side)
- that we have 2 units that can be repeated with care... I'll explain in the video
- that we can treadle: almost Plain Weave, traditional M's & O's, honeycomb, a version of Monk's Belt, a version of Bronson Lace & repetitive sequences playing with all those things.
Level of Difficulty: Intermediate
Weave structure: M's & O's
Material: 8/2 organic cotton & 8/4 cotton
Each kit makes: 12 guest towels or 12 placemats
Loom requirements:
- Shafts: 4
- Reed: 8 dent
- Weaving width: 15.5"
Each kit includes:
- Weaving instructions (including draft)
- 2 cones of organic 8/2 cotton - Curry
- 2 cones of organic 8/2 cotton - Raspberry
- 2 cones of organic 8/2 cotton - Brass
- 1 cone of 8/4 cotton - Dark Brown
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