Band weaving patterns

If I want to try out a band pattern or just weave something quickly I usually set up the warp and thread it onto my heddle at the same time. This isn’t the most meticulous way to set up a small weave, but I find it to be the fastest and for small weaves woven on my kind of heddles I find it to work

Most often, I seem to work in 2" widths, creating the guitar straps which are the main product that I sell. Consequently, many of the patte...

We have recently been sent the following, lovely post, from long-term Woodlorean Bosco Li. Bosco has successfully tried his hand at making a pair of beautiful Sami shoe bands, after seeing them on …

Original... Topside and Reverse (This could be Estonian or German!) I saw this pattern on line somewhere and I just had to make it. I had to carve a wider band loom to work it because the whole pattern uses 92 Threads, 46 holes and 46 slots. After I made my loom, I found I still made it too narrow. My new loom uses up to 80 Threads, so I had to drop the 6 thread borders. I like the colors. On the original you can see the 3 colors (plus white), red, turquoise and blue. It is not so hard as it…

I'm excited to announce that my second book will be available on August 28, 2024! It can be pre-ordered from Schiffer Publishing and various booksellers, and you can also ask your favorite weaving shop or bookstore to order it for you. Read the description below or click here to visit the book's page at Schiffer…

I am running an online workshop for the Braid Society on Braids & Bands group https://groups.io/g/braidsandbands This blog is part of the workshop for week one. The Woolery in the USA, has published a post about the workshop https://woolery.com/blog/ If you live in the USA, their online shop is open for equipment etc. I love band weaving. The back strap is such a practical way to weave and very portable. I also love weaving equipment, from the simple to the more highly decorated. I have…

Kerstin Neumüller on Instagram: "I got some questions about the Blue horse heddles I posted yesterday, mainly about their function. These slates with holes and slits are weaving tools, in Swedish they are called “Bandgrind” and in English I call them simply “heddles”, although “Scandinavian rigid heddle for band weaving” would be more accurate. The heddles have traditionally been used to weave bands with, and I’ve been making them for 3 1/2 years now. If you want to know - How to make…

I watch many new weavers who are anxious to weave beautiful and complex patterns like the ones they see others posting photos of, maybe not...

What's as easy as plain weave but makes intriguing patterns? An inkle weaving technique known as turned krokbragd.

Learn how to weave pickup designs on a Saami rigid heddle band loom. This workshop will provide an introduction to 3 styles of Sami band looms made by Stoorstalka – The Sigga heddle, the Sunn…