Weaving scarfs

I've been trying to duplicate a scarf I wove last year for a new customer who fell in love with an old picture on Etsy...but I find it impossible to be exact. I also do not have the same threads and yarns from year to year. It is not always possible to stock the same variety so I made do with what I had and I hope she likes it. Meanwhile I have three more to weave and put on Etsy! I'm happy with this one even if my customer doesn't end up wanting it! Winding the warp... Sleying the reed…

In this course, Rigid Heddle Weaving Basics, we are going to be learning how to use this versatile loom with two woven projects.

Do you want to know how to change the weft colours when weaving on a rigid heddle weaving loom? This blog details some approaches.

Images via Koron007 Centuries ago, fabric was a rare and precious commodity only the wealthy could afford. So people treasured old and worn-out pieces of clothing to recycle and reuse in order to make new clothes. Thus the sakiori was born. Sakiori comes from the word "saki" which means to tear up or rip and "ori" which means weave. Recycling old fabric remnants into sakiori weavings follows the Japanese indispensable concept of “mottainai” or not wasting precious cloth that can prolong the…

Handwoven bamboo and ribbon scarf.

Learn how to figure out on the fly whether a skein of yarn has enough yards to weave a scarf on either a rigid-heddle or pin loom.

Three basic factors affect drape: yarn/fiber, weave structure, and warp/weft density. How can you design fabric with the drape you want?

#myprojectposted I placed this project under "knitting" because there's no category for weaving on this website. What a bummer because weaving is a good use of beautiful yarn too, as evidenced by my scarf. I used Austermann Step (a sock yarn that I bought on this website) as warp and weft and did plain weave on a 12 dent heddle. I used 2 skeins. It turned out very soft and drapes nicely.

Here's a quick tutorial on the making of the ultimate beginner's scarf on a rigid heddle loom. Starting weaving has never been that easy!

Weft Blown: Stockists of Ashford, Lojan and Schacht weaving and spinning equipment as well as weaving yarns, books and other crafts.