One of the earliest things I learned about weaving is that the practice, as a whole, has a truly wonderful vocabulary. We warp the loom, sley the reed, and mess about with heddles and treadles.
For this week’s weekend weaving I thought about highlighting a project that would make an easy and quick last-minute gift or perhaps something you could weave for children but decided instead to weave something for myself..
I don’t think I can think of a better project for a cold December weekend that weaving up a nice, cozy scarf, and I don’t know of a more wintery scarf than the gorgeous American Snowflake Scarf by Jan Josifek.
Here's a rigid-heddle scarf pattern to download. Pick-up creates a waffle weave type pattern.
Free download for this neat pocketed scarf that can be woven on a 2-shaft or rigid-heddle loom!
Download this pdf with instructions for weaving a warp emphasis scarf on a rigid-heddle loom.
Download these two patterns for basketweave scarves woven on a rigid-heddle loom.
Download this free pattern for a felted wool scarf - it's plain weave with interlocking layers. The scarf is woven on a 4-shaft loom.
Read Anita Luvera Mayer's thoughts on celebratory cloth throughout the world and weaving history, including the significance of the Turkish oya.