Saori Video
This is a great glimpse into the world of Saori weaving:
Author: horsenettle
New Inkle Band, New Heddles
It only took two inkle bands for my crochet cotton heddles to start snapping. I had some braided fishing line handy, having read it can be a good homemade heddle substitute, and so I tied 50 new “string” heddles for my Schacht loom. They work great! I highly recommend you venture into the sporting goods section.
This is a new project, cotton border and alpaca pattern I found the pattern online at http://www.norsegirl.com. Be aware that this creates a fancy front but a pretty plain back.
Inkle Band Pattern Generator
I had on hand pink, plum, white, and green cotton, so I used this great resource, an inkle loom pattern generator using plain weave: http://www.carolingianrealm.info/PatternGenerator.php
My crazy combination may not have made the best band. Maybe there’s such a thing as too much color? Naahhh…
First Inkle Band
I’m so pleased with the Schacht Inkle Loom I found in a thrift store this week. Actually, my husband spotted it as I was leaving. He thought it looked kind of loom-like and asked me what it was. 🙂
I had tried weaving some Sami bands on the little Peacock loom, but it was only working so/so. I had to take off several pieces of the loom, and that didn’t seem quite right. I never considered getting a regular-sized inkle loom, however, because I did have a mini one that was really cute and I never used it. I gifted it to someone and figured that was the end of my band weaving. But never say never!
I have to admit, weaving on a decent-sized inkle loom is great. I knew how to tie the heddles and warp it already, and so I picked a very simple pattern from the Helene Bress book that came with it, and away I went, weaving a ladder band. For anyone who is interested, Jane Patrick has a great how-to video on warping and weaving an inkle loom that can teach the basics.
What fun!
(The inkle loom is not very big, but it looks huge next to the tiny Louet in the next picture. I’m warping the Louet for a rep weave project.)
