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Now, let’s discuss how the crisscross blocks are formed. It’s a bit confusing for me to explain as well. The bumps are the weft strands and the dips are the warp strands.Īre you still with me? Yes? Okay, hang in there. If you examine each stripe closely, you can see bumps and dips. However, when a warp strand is crossed over by the contrasting color, a horizontal stripe is formed. So, if the pattern is created by the way the warp and weft strand colors interlock, how does that happen? Well, when the warp (vertical) strands are crossed over by the same color weft (horizontal) strands, a vertical line of that color is created. After all, the whole pattern is done in plain weave which is a single flat layer. The Log Cabin pattern is a color-and-weave pattern which basically means that the way the warp and weft strand colors interlock creates the pattern rather than the structure of the fabric itself. (I’m not an expert, so I hope it makes sense.)

If any part of the tutorial is unclear, please leave a question in the comments, and I will try to help you out.Īll photos are mine. I have written this tutorial with the assumption that the reader will have a basic knowledge of warping and plain weaving. You should only need to adapt it to your loom’s particular warping method. I am using my rigid heddle loom in this tutorial however, the Log Cabin pattern may be created in the same way on other types of looms. I hope you find it as fun of a pattern to weave as I did! I took pictures along the way so that I’d be able to share the Log Cabin pattern with you in a much easier format. I combined that explanation with some tips from my beginner weaving book to try out the pattern. I looked for an explanation of the pattern, but the only understandable explanation I found was in a weaving magazine online forum. However, as soon as I saw it while browsing through weaving websites, I knew I had to find out more about it. I must admit that I was not introduced to the Log Cabin woven pattern until I saw it in weaving literature. What a fun, crazy, and complicated-looking pattern it is, but with some direction and tips, you’ll be able to weave it in no time! If your eyes haven’t crossed while looking at the intro photo, I’d like to welcome you to my Log Cabin weaving tutorial. But, I wouldn’t recommend that unless you’re only weaving a couple of rows, it’s way too tedious.A Complicated-Looking Pattern Made Simple In the video, I used just one stick and took it out each time I wanted to pick up the other pattern. Staggered Pick Up (the bright green that actually looks like yellow, pictured above). I had a very small amount of hand dyed rainbow yarn left, so I threw in just one pick in the middle of all the blue, to break it up and create more interest.ģ. I made a pick up pattern and repeated it over and over (with the blue yarn) and only one pick of plain weave (maroon) in between). The first technique is straightforward and simple but gives a very cool effect that really pops against the background, contrast colour. Part two of the tutorial covers and additional 3 techniques that you can use to make your plain weave more exciting or just for fun to explore.Īll of these pattern techniques can be worked on a rigid heddle loom that is already set up for plain weave – that is, every hole and slot is threaded.

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As I was weaving the sampler I found it hard to limit the number of techniques so that I didn’t end up making this series a year long! There are so many simple ways to push past plain weave. More-Ways-to-jazz-up-plain-weave-part-2-copy Downloadįor instructions to part one of the tutorial, don’t forget to check out the first article here.

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