help on weaving tartan

[Patty Logan]

You may want to start with something a little less complicated and then work up to Logan.

maby i should start with Ogilvy or Alberdeen?

[Barb T]

Can you tell us a little about the loom you have to work on, how big a piece you want to weave, etc.?? figheadair is the be-all and end-all in handwoven tartan expertise, so I'm just offering 2 cents as a by-stander!

[Patty Logan]

Can you tell us a little about the loom you have to work on, how big a piece you want to weave, etc.??

i made a loom using a old picture frame and some nails. can i use that or do a have to use a 2 or 4 harness loom only?

[Barb T]

Are you thinking you would weave a piece about the size of the inside of the frame? I'm sorry if I'm misunderstanding you.

[Patty Logan]

Are you thinking you would weave a piece about the size of the inside of the frame? I'm sorry if I'm misunderstanding you.

yes that's exactly what i mean

[Barb T]

The following post on Pinterest has some nice pictures of a frame loom on which someone has woven a piece of "plaid" fabric in twill weave:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/91197961184329815/

The critical thing that you'll see in these pictures is that the same stripes of color appear in the same order and widths in both the warp (the threads that you wind onto the loom) and in the weft (the thread that you weave with from side to side).

There are lots of YouTube videos on warping a frame loom and weaving plain weave. If you want to try a twill, this is a great, illustrated post that shows how to do something other than plain weave.

https://www.kaliko.co/blog/weaving-s...-loom-tutorial

For a straight twill, you would weave it this way:

Weft thread 1 (first thread at bottom of pic below, from left to right): . OVER 2, UNDER 2, OVER 2, UNDER 2…, etc.
Weft thread 2 (second thread from bottom of pic below, from left to right): UNDER 1, OVER 2, UNDER 2, OVER 2…, etc.
Weft thread 3 (third thread from bottom of pic below, from left to right): UNDER 2, OVER 2, UNDER 2, OVER 2…, etc.
Weft thread 4 (fourth thread from bottom of pic below, from left to right): OVER 1, UNDER 2, OVER 2, UNDER 2…, etc.
And repeat



I still don't know if I'm answering the question you want or whether you already know all this.

[Katia]

https://www.kaliko.co/blog/weaving-s...-loom-tutorial

Thanks, Barb-- I like this link! (Got lost in reading about plant dyeing too...)

[Patty Logan]

I still don't know if I'm answering the question you want or whether you already know all this.

no this exactly what im looking for! thanks