Rigid heddle weaving drafts

Remembering how to set up your loom can be daunting for the first few times. Wasting precious yarns and making a mistake that takes longer to sort than finishing the whole project, are worries for new weavers. I hope this blog helps with the setting up for this check fabric design. This post is for all my friends at the Guild of Long Draw Spinners for whom I am leading a weaving workshop next Saturday 2nd July. I was feeling very happy with my outdoor photoshoot but then the weather changed…

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

Weaving with two heddles on your rigid heddle loom opens up a whole new world of yarns and patterns. And it's not nearly as hard as you might think. This Blog by The Rogue Weaver will help you double your fun!

Most of the time when you are weaving on a rigid heddle loom and following instructions, there will be written notes for how to weave a pattern. For example, in any of my rigid heddle classes you will see threading instructions, telling you which holes and slots to thread, including colour order wherever it’s applicable....Read More

Drafts – Historic Weaving

Learning about how twills can be woven on a rigid-heddle loom has given me a deeper understanding of twills in general.

A major difference in weaving with cotton rather than wool is managing tension. Cotton behaves differently to wool because it doesn’t have any natural stretch. When we think about the triangles created by the moving shed positions, we know that the warp threads must be relaxed enough to extend to th

I took my 12" Ashford Knitter's Loom outside to weave on a lovely autumn day this week. Working on another piece to take to my Saturday wor...

You may want to add these seven easy to find items to your weaving equipment stash.