Shuttle Talk

My current explorations are weaving on the rigid heddle loom. This swatch is one I made on a leftover warp for a project I designed for the May-June issue of Handwoven. The project features fine weaving on the rigid heddle loom using 2 heddles. I really like how the pillows turned out—and I love how two heddles extend your weaving options. The warp threading for this swatch is the same as my project in the May-June 2007 issue of Handwoven, page 64.

Swatch - Left side of the image is the front of the sample, at right is the back.

Pick-up: With a pick-up stick, pick up every brown warp thread.

Weaving:

1. Up (Beige)
2. Pattern stick (turned on edge, heddle in neutral, Brown)
3. Up (Beige)
4. Pattern stick (turned on edge, heddle in neutral, Brown)
5. Up (Beige)
6. Down (Beige)
7. Up and pattern stick (used flat, slid up against back of heddle, Beige)
8. Down (Beige)
9. Up and pattern stick (use flat, slid up against back of heddle, Beige)

Repeat