Warp: 12/2 Linen
Red – 8 ends
Black – 24 ends
White – 8 ends
Total – 40 ends
Weft – 12/2 Linen – Black
Card Weaving Books
Card Weaving
With nothing more than colored yarn and simple cardboard squares, crafters can produce exquisitely patterned woven bands. UK: Card Weaving
Cross stitch software is very useful for converting your photos and images into your own cross stitch patterns. There are almost too many to choose from. How do you decide which one? It is best to download their demos and see which one works best for your needs.
Here is a YouTube video demonstrating how to weave using the Beaivi weaving loom – A Sami-style 2 hole rigid heddle.
Weaving Draft
The weaving draft for this Sami band:
A pickup weaving pattern for a Sami 2 Hole Rigid Heddle loom, worked over 9 pattern threads.
Please note:
The pattern draft has been turned on its side so that it fits better on the page.
Beaivi: Wikipedia
Beaivi (or Päivi in Finnish) is the Sami name for the Sun or Sun deity. In Sami myth, she travels with her daughter Beaivi-nieida through the sky in an enclosure covered by reindeer bones, bringing green plants back to the winter earth for the reindeer to eat. She was also called upon to restore the mental health of those who went insane because of the continual darkness of the long winter.
Sami Band Weaving
Sue Foulkes has written a book about Sami band weaving with patterns for weaving 26 bands.
Band Weaving
Simple finger-woven bands, soda-straw loom bands,hungarian-loom bands,twining-loom bands,rigid-heddle bands,band weaving on the american inkle loom,card-woven bands andweaving variations for special effects.
Inkle Weaving
Inkle weaving basics, how to get started and more.
These Sami style weaving drafts can be woven using a single or double hole rigid heddle loom. The band weaving patterns are woven using a pickup technique over a tabby ground warp.
Sami Band Weaving
Sue Foulks has written a book about Sami band weaving with patterns for weaving 26 bands.
Band Weaving
Simple finger-woven bands, soda-straw loom bands,hungarian-loom bands,twining-loom bands,rigid-heddle bands,band weaving on the american inkle loom,card-woven bands andweaving variations for special effects.
Inkle Weaving
Inkle weaving basics, how to get started and more.
To put a warp onto a Beaivi Sami weaving loom is a fairly simple process. I use my warping board that is attached to the back of my loom to measure the warp – similar to preparing a warp for any other loom. While I am measuring the warp, I thread the Beaivi loom at the same time. I thread 2 warp ends through each slot of the Beaivi weaving reed as I am warping. I found that the drilled holes are too small to thread easily without using a needle for threading, so I will transfer the warp threads to the holes after I have measured the warp.
After I have threaded all the ground warp threads through the slots according to the drafting plan, I then thread the thicker pattern warp threads, also threading them through the slots.
I carefully remove the warp from the warping board, creating a warp chain as I am removing it – again similar to the warping process for the regular loom.
I don’t use a weaving frame, inkle loom or a box loom for this type of weaving. I find it simpler (and more portable) to tie one end of the warp to the back of a chair or onto one of the pegs of my warping board. The other end – that you weave from – can be tied to your waist, similar to weaving on a backstrap loom. Instead of tying the warp to my waist, I use a small art board and paperclip the other end to the edge of the art board. The art board then sits on my lap as I work, and I also have a suface that I can attach the weaving pattern to. I find this system to be much easier on my back than trying to adjust the warp tension with my waist.
When I first received my Beaivi loom, I found that some of the small drilled holes were a bit tight to fit a threading needle through. I loosened the holes by wiggling the end of the needle in the hole for a bit.
I place the warp chain and reed onto the art board and cut one end of the warp. I now transfer one of the ground warp threads that are currently in the slots into the bottom row of holes. Using a large tapestry needle I then transfer one of the ground warp threads from each slot into the adjacent bottom hole. I tie a knot at the end of the warp to secure all the warp threads in place.
Using the threading needle, then I thread the thicker pattern threads into the correct top row of holes. And tie a knot at the end of these warp threads to secure them.
I then clip all of the warp ends to the edge of the art board using a large paperclip.
I tie the other warp end to a peg on my warping board and adjust the tension. And begin to weave.
I begin by weaving a few inches without picking up any of the pattern threads. I let these remain on top. I find that this makes it easier to get the correct tension for the tabby ground weave, before I start to weave the pattern into the design. The weft should be pulled quite tightly so that the tabby ground is sett quite closely resulting in a firm weave. This will allow the pattern warp to float above the ground weave.
Beaivi: Wikipedia
Beaivi (or Päivi in Finnish) is the Sami name for the Sun or Sun deity. In Sami myth, she travels with her daughter Beaivi-nieida through the sky in an enclosure covered by reindeer bones, bringing green plants back to the winter earth for the reindeer to eat. She was also called upon to restore the mental health of those who went insane because of the continual darkness of the long winter.
Weaving Draft
A pickup weaving pattern for a Sami 2 Hole Rigid Heddle loom, worked over 9 pattern threads.
Please note:
The pattern draft has been turned on its side so that it fits better on the page.
Band Weaving Books
Sami Band Weaving
Sue Foulkes has written a book about Sami band weaving with patterns for weaving 26 bands.
Band Weaving
Simple finger-woven bands, soda-straw loom bands,hungarian-loom bands,twining-loom bands,rigid-heddle bands,band weaving on the american inkle loom,card-woven bands andweaving variations for special effects.
Inkle Weaving
Inkle weaving basics, how to get started and more.
I often get asked “How long does it take to make a sweater?” That’s a complex question as we know. How long is a piece of string? It depends on a lot of factors. How big is the sweater, how complex is the pattern, what type of yarn are you using? How good is your knitting?
As I’ve been designing my latest handknit sweaters and jumpers, I have been considering this question a lot, so that I can price my work accordingly.
How Long Does it Take to Spin Yarn
How long it takes to handspin yarn depends on a lot of factors. How fine is the yarn that you are spinning? Finer yarn takes longer to spin. What type of fiber are you spinning? Some fibers are more difficult to spin and take longer. Are you also plying the yarn? How energetic are you today? Is your foot pedalling fast or slow? Handspinning is a physical activity, so how you are feeling affects the amount and type of yarn you can spin.
On a good day, I can spin a bobbin full of yarn in an hour – so about 100 grams. I also like to ply my yarns as it gives them a balanced and well finished look. Plying a bobbin takes about another half an hour.
An average sweater, depending on the size, uses approx 700 grams – 1000 grams of yarn. So to spin enough yarn to knit a sweater would take about 10-15 hours to spin, in the weight that I use for my handknits.
If the handspun yarn is also dyed, this is done after the yarn has been spun. I use natural and organic dyes with my yarns so this can be a long dye process depending on the dye that is used. The dyebath often has to be made the day before. The yarn is then mordanted and put into the dyebath. The dye process can take several hours. The dyed yarn is then removed from the dyebath, rinsed and allowed to dry.
How Long Does it Take to Knit a Jumper
Knitting depends on the skill of the knitter, the size of the sweater, and the complexity of the design. I have been knitting for a number of years, so I consider myself to be a fairly fast knitter. I usually knit in the evenings while watching TV, as I don’t need to concentrate a lot on the work. And I can watch TV without feeling guilty.
For an average cardigan with a simple design it takes me about 4-6 hours to knit the back of the sweater, about 3-4 hours to knit each sleeve and about 2-3 hours for each front piece.
How Long Does it Take to Weave
For my latest Isin sweaters, I am also adding a Sami style woven band as a trim. The band is handwoven on a Sami style weaving reed. Each row of the pattern is handpicked and woven according to the drafting plan. It takes a lot of concentration to pickup the correct threads and to weave with even tension. Again, how long this takes depends on the pattern width and the complexity of the design. For a simple design, I can weave about 25-30 cm per hour.
Sweater Finishing
When all the pieces have been knit, the work is not complete yet. The secret to a well made handknit is in the finishing. All the pieces must be carefully pressed and blocked. They are then handsewn together. And the edges, trims and buttons are then sewn on. Finishing can take up to another day to complete.
As you can see, making a jumper from scratch is a long and complex process. Surely we could invent a machine to do this faster for us… But then it wouldn’t be handmade, now would it?
Quite a simple design but effective. This narrow band has been woven using my new Sami 2 hole rigid heddle loom (2HRH – The Beaivi Loom).
The ground warp is 12/2 worsted spun wool.
Warp length: 4 yards
White 12/2 wool: 12 ends
Blue 12/2 wool: 38 ends
Green 12/2 wool: 4 ends
Red 12/2 wool: 4 ends
Yellow 12/2 wool: 4 ends
Total: 62 ends
Thread the warp ends following the weaving draft below.
The pattern warp is woven using 7 warp ends of 6/2 worsted spun white wool that are threaded in the second row of holes on the weaving reed.
The weft is woven with blue 12/2 worsted wool yarn. The pattern is picked up following the pattern draft.
I am weaving this with a slightly loose tension because I will be felting it afterwards.
I am planning to use it as a border for a handspun/handknit sweater that I am making.
Ashford Wisdom Pages
From the Ashford-USA site, a collection of tips from Ashford wheel owners.
Build your own Spinning Wheel
Chris Jordan provides sources for people who want to make their own wheel and also has an FAQ page about wheels.
Selecting a Spinning Wheel
The Woolery gives an introduction to types of spinning wheels and what to look for. The site includes a good diagram of the parts of a spinning wheel.
Anansi Weavery
Terry ONeill trained at the Galashiels College of Textiles in Scotland and now specializes in handwoven tapestries, rugs and wall-hangings at her studio in Alert Bay, BC.
Fibreworks Gallery
The Fibre Works Gallery showcases textile artists on the west coast of British Columia.
Fibres de Piero
A Quebec site that features a delightful selection of spinnable animals, alpacas and colored angora rabbits.
Ewesful Creations
Jude Pilot shares her lovely hand-dyed and handspun projects with us.
Laura Fry
Laura Fry weaves mostly household textiles, but also accepts special commissions for ethnic dance costumes and yardage. She also has infinite knowledge about wet finishing for handwoven fabrics.
The Tartan Lady
Patricia Magee offers weaving lessons and a wonderful vacation at the same time at her B&B in Courtenay, BC.
Weavers Corner
Janet Wallace, of Weavers Corner, specializes in colourful prayer shawls and blankets of various sizes, as well as hats, bags, sweaters and vests.
Zapotec Rugs
The Zapotec have a long tradition of weaving in their culture.
One World
A commercial site that specializes in textiles from the Andean regions of Bolivia.
Maya Textiles
A visual essay of Mayan textiles that combines Mayan weaving, photography and text to present the culture and history of the people.
Mayan Hair Sashes
Colourful photos of Mayan backstrap weaving in Jacaltenango, Guatemala.
Olga Fisch Folklore
Olga Fisch, a Hungarian artist, recognized the vast potential of the folk artisans of Ecuador. The rug making process is described and the colourful rugs and tapestries show the creative talent of these textile artists.
Patagonia Gifts
Artisan Mapuche weavings and wall hangings spun on traditional spinning wheels (rueca) and dyed with vegetable dyes.
Atlantic Blanket Company
Martha Stewart takes a field trip to the Atlantic Blanket Company in her Dec. 5/2000 episode. John and Carolyn Grace were lawyers who wanted a change of lifestyle. They now specialize in lightweight wool blankets.
Brahms Mount Textiles
Brahms Mount specializes in handwoven blankets of natural linen and cotton yarns.
Brown Grotta
Brown Grotta supports fibre artists through the publication of catalogs, the
sale of books and videos and the coordination of exhibits.
Horsedancer Designs
Yarns spun by a warm, cozy fire. Navajo plied, drop spindle, hand-dyed, Navajo Churro, wool, llama, mohair, silk, cotton or blends of silver and gold metallic.
Iwona Creation
Iwona Rypesc-Kostovic’s unique art-to-wear creations feature expressive
collages made from hand-woven and custom dyed textiles framed by the subtle structures of her designs.
Katherine Alexander
Katherine Alexander makes creative use of unusual and eclectic yarns in her knitted and woven pieces. She hand-dyes and spins silk, wool and bast fibres for her imaginative fabrics.
Kayla Kennington
Kayla Kennington creates extraordinary hand-dyed silk clothing/artwear, spirit dolls and high-tech engineered complex works of textile art.
Sam Kasten
In the Jan. 19/2001 episode, Martha Stewart visited with weaver Sam Kasten. He works with a team of 10 weavers, creating upholstery, draperies, rugs and wall coverings using natural yarns such as silk, cotton, linen and ramie.
Textile Arts Collection
Mary Hunt Kahlenberg has a selection of textile samples from Navajo to Pre-Columbian and other cultures.
Village Weavers
Village Weavers is comprised of over 100 artisans, in San Antonio, TX.
Handweavers and Spinners Guild of Victoria Inc.
The Guild has over 500 members in affiliated groups throughout Australia and the world. They sponsor a wide variety of classes, newsletters, and events , including the 5th World Congress on Coloured Sheep.
Creative Fibre
The New Zealand Spinning, Weaving and Woolcrafts Society is for all fibre crafts, bringing together weavers, spinners, knitters, dyers, felters and other free form fibre artists.
Handweavers, Spinners and Dyers Guild of Tasmania
The guild’s aim is to bring together women and men who practise the arts of handweaving and spinning for the advancement of the craft, participating in the International Highland Spin-In and Wool Challenge.
Guild of Canadian Weavers
The GCW administers a Master Weaver certificate program that is open to anyone wishing to pursue a study of handweaving.
Guild of Canadian Weavers
The GCW is a nation-wide guild that promotes the technical and artistic standards of handweaving through establishing tests based on various levels of ability.
Northwest Weavers
The Association of Northwest Weavers Guilds website lists many guilds in both Canada and the U.S.
Complex Weavers
Complex Weavers is open to anyone who wants to learn more about weaving that is exciting, challenging and has a curiosity to know and a willingness to share.
Handweavers Guild of America
The HGA is an international, nonprofit, member organization, dedicated to supporting and encouraging fibre arts and preserving our textile cultural heritage.
If your Guild doesn’t have a web page yet, you can use our Submission Form to add your Guild listing. If your Guild does have a webpage, and it isn’t listed here yet, please let me know .
Assoc. of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers
The aim of the association is to encourage and maintain integrity and excellence of craftsmanship and encourage a sense of beauty of material, texture, colour and design, through cooperation with member Guilds and Societies with like aims.
FI – Finnish Craftnet
The Finnish Crafts Organization promotes Finnish handicraft skills and expertise as a livelihood and culture and is comprised of 22 Crafts and Art associations and shops.
Kool-Aid Colours
Kool-Aid is a fun way to to experiment with dyeing yarns.
Rainbow Dyeing
Creating a multitude of unique rainbow shades is quite easy.
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About Batik
The Big on Batik site gives information about this resist dye technique.
Alesco
Alesco is a world-wide supplier of dyes for paper, leather and fiber.
Best Dyes
If you are looking for Fibre reactive dyes, Colorado Wholesale can help you out.
Chemitalia Colori
Chemitalia produces dyes for cellulose fibers, reactive dyes, acid dyes, disperse dyes and other dyes suitable for the textile artist.
Fleece Artist
Fleece Artist in Nova Scotia carries Deka dyes for wools, silks, cottons and linens.
Dylon – Halloween
Dylon supplies a wide variety of dyes and useful information for the textile and craft dyer. This month’s special project is a Halloween cloak.
Discharge Dyeing
A Quiltnet discussion about discharge dyeing, a process of removing dye from fabric with bleach.
How to Dye Cloth
From the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, a lesson plan on dyeing, covering topics of history of dyes, natural and synthetic dyes, textile printing and tie-dyeing.
Information Sheets
G & S Dye has informative instruction sheets on Procion and Acid dyes, immersion and direct application, silk painting, microwave dyeing, marbling and other ways to use dye.
The Laboratory for Historical Colorants at UCLA
The Laboratory was spurred by an interest in how people make things colourful and continues to do research on colourant materials and compounds..
Society of Dyers & Colorists
The Society of Dyers and Colourists is a professional organization that sets technical standards and provides education to members working in the field of dye and colour.
Structure and Colour in Dyes
In technical terms, dyes are coloured, ionising, aromatic organic compounds and the perception of colour is a human evolutionary adaptation to the absence of some wavelengths of white light.
Synthetic Dye Collection
From the labs at Florida State University, synthetic dyes are viewed under a microscope. Beautiful colours!
Textiles
The Occupational Safety & Health Administration provides information on safety issues, such as dangers of cotton dust, exposure to dye chemicals and ergonomics.
Galleries
Visit the on-line galleries and studios of textile artists in Canada.
Guilds
Here is a listing of guilds and fibre enthusiasts in Canada.
Briggs and Little
Briggs and Little Woolen Mills has been spinning wool from Canadian sheep for the past 140 years.
Cornerstone Fibres
Angora bunnies and lots of other goodies for the handspinner.
Fleece Artist
Kathryn Thomas has been supplying wools, yarns and natural fibres to weavers and spinners in Nova Scotia for over 20 years.
Langley Yarns
Spinning wheels and fiber, looms, weaving yarns, and weaving lessons by Barbara Braaten.
MacAusland’s Woollen Mills Ltd.
MacAusland’s has been producing yarn since 1932. This family run business supplies custom spinning and weaving yarns and their own pure wool blankets.
Maurice Brassard and Fils
Weaving yarns: cottons, linens, silk, cottolin, lambs wool, bamboo, alpaca, leclerc looms.
Shelridge Farm
Shelridge Farm in Ariss, ON has a lovely selection of hand-dyed wools, mohair and cotton yarns.
Spruce Haven Farm
A low-input based farm raising Columbia and Cheviot.
Sun Bench Fibers
Sun Bench carries a variety of fibre and supplies for the weaver or spinner.
Trembling Praire Station
Trembling Prairie specializes in Shetland, a fine wool that can be grouped into 4 different classes.
All Natural Fiber Farm
Raw, washed, picked, and carded fibers include: Karakul and crosses, Navajo-Churro and crosses, Columbia Cross, Jacob and crosses, Corriedale and crosses, Mohair, Angora.
This workshop will teach participants how to prepare and spin raw wool into warm, delightful and beautiful skeins of yarn, ready to knit or weave. History of hand spinning and use of different fibers will... […]
Want to know how to make the colors you want for dyeing or painting? Learn about the basic primary colors used to create any color in the spectrum. Create a color wheel. We will use liquid fabric dye and... […]
Create a few tiny, hand painted quilts of your own design using simple materials. Jane will gently guide you to draw your own design or trace a copyright free image onto cloth, then paint and hand stitch,... […]
Utilizing Robin's fast and easy method of working with MX fiber reactive dyes and the microwave for heat setting, participants will learn how to prepare yarns for painting and how to prepare/mix the dyes... […]
Want to know how to make the colors you want for dyeing or painting? Learn about the basic primary colors used to create any color in the spectrum. Create a color wheel. We will use liquid fabric dye and... […]
Recommended Books
Twitter
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Events Calendar
April 9, 2011 – Minnesota Alpaca Expo 9:00 am, General
Zig Zag Pattern 68
Finnish rigid heddle band weaving patterns woven over 7 pattern threads.
How to warp a Beaivi 2 Hole Rigid Heddle weaving reed.
