Inkle weaving patterns

Ready to get started with your inkle loom? Here’s how to read basic drafts.

Measure often, and don’t forget to secure those tails!

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

Explore Baltic pick-up, from setting up your inkle loom to weaving bands efficiently to getting tidy selvedges.

Tablet Weaving for the Absolute Beginner: Birka 6 – Lady Elewys of Finchingefeld, JdL, GdS

♥ ♥ Greetings fellow fibre junkies! ♥ ♥ First I thought I'd play around with supplemental weft. In the following two bands I have two wefts (horizontal) threads on separate shuttles: one finer and one that has 3 or more threads. I open the shed normally and throw through the fine weft, the, holding the same shed open drop selected warp threads, and shoot the thicker weft through. This allows that weft to pop up to the surface and create a pattern I couldn't make with a basic threading alone…

Twill tea towels, an overshot table runner pattern, and tiny weavings.

I made this Celtic knot band last year. This is a pick up technique,

6-20-22 - I still love the pattern, it is so beautiful! But I wasn’t able to fix the mess I made, without making more of a mess. It had worn me out. So I cut it off the loom, I would have only bee...

Tablet Weaving Tutorial – Erica Gunn

This FREE eBook is devoted to the wonders of inkle weaving. Don't have an inkle loom? No problem! This eBook teaches you how to build your own!

Tablet Weaving Patterns 1 - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or view presentation slides online. Open arrows (chevrons) all forward Greek Key all forward Closed arrows all forward. Reverse at regular intervals to create repeating pattern Square Snake ovals.

So far, one type of pickup stands out as my favorite way to create fancy patterns. It is most commonly know these days as "Baltic-Style" pickup. I learned it back in the 1970's from Helene Bress' book, Inkle Weaving. She refers to it as "Basketweave Background". Evelyn Neher in her book, Inkle, calls it "Speckled" the term which I have adopted and used over the years. It is also sometimes called, supplementary warp technique, European, Latvian, Scandinavian or Sami pickup. So many names…

Daisy Hill Weaving Studio: Inkle Weave Pick-up

Narrow patterns are fun to weave. In the last post, I provided 24 charts for five pattern ends in Baltic-style pick-up. In this post, I’ll show you three examples of how narrow patterns might…

Learn how to warp and weave your inkle loom. Weave a beautiful floral band with the free printable pattern!

Looking for a weaving technique you can take just about anywhere? Try tablet weaving!