A few years ago on a wonderful holiday to Corfu, Greece I purchased a beautiful sample of a Greek Flokati rug. It had been woven by my friend, Agathi the weaver, in Kassiopi, Corfu. She very kindly explained to me how these wonderful rugs are woven. The shaggy weft wool pile was made of handspun wool from local sheep. Her sister had done the handspinning and Agathi woven this fluffy rug that now sits on my rocking chair.
Category Archives: Weaving Patterns
Handweaving patterns and projects
Table Mat Rigid Heddle Weaving Project
I recently purchased a rigid heddle loom to add my loom collection (one loom just isn’t enough). I have always woven on floor looms so to return to weaving on a small table loom is a bit of a learning curve. Although the rigid heddle is a simple design, it can produce some wonderful and creative fabrics. Over the coming weeks, I will be posting some weaving projects and patterns as I weave on this loom.
Paper Yarn Placemats
This pattern is woven in tabby but use different types of yarns giving an interesting effect. The placemats and table runner are woven using 22/2 cottolin for warp. This is woven in a thick/thin rep weave, using paper yarn and hemp single ply tow yarn as the weft. You can substitute the hemp with a single ply linen yarn, a cotton yarn or the same type of cottolin that you used in the warp.
This pattern will make 4 placemats and 1 table runner.
Weaving Drafts: rosepath
A Swedish rosepath weaving draft on 4 shafts
Weaving Draft: Birdseye
Traditional Bird's Eye Weaving Draft can be woven on a four shaft loom.
Fantti coiled basket: aa012905
A pattern for making a coiled basket using Fantti wool yarn.
Tapestry pillow: aa041506
A weaving pattern for a pillow woven using a doubleweave technique.
Weaving Pattern – hemp rep placemats: aa011202
A free weaving pattern for making placemats using hemp yarn.