Even though I don't yet own a floor loom, I have been itching to experiment with weaves beyond tabby. I opted to get a second heddle for my rigid heddle loom and experiment with some three shaft twills.
Once again, I opted to use the Harrisville Shetland wool yarn for my project. It's diameter makes it great for working on the RH loom and it wears well for the projects I have used it for.
You can see the start of a basic twill to the left.
I used a combination of instructions I found online to work out this threading and weaving process. My sources included:
http://weavolution.com/group/rigid-heddlers/rh-wal-3s-twill-sampler-12118
http://askthebellwether.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-can-you-weave-with-2-heddles-on.html
http://weavolution.com/group/rigid-heddlers/do-we-have-wal-11984
http://sueknitsandspins.blogspot.com/2009/02/twill-on-rigid-heddle-loom.html
I only ran a couple of inches of basic twill before switching my lift pattern to work a herringbone twill. I used the blue warp and enough bright yellow, golden yellow and wine as weft to make three separate hand-sewn pouches. The first went in the Royal gift basket at war, the second is shown below and is my boyfriend's change purse and the third is still waiting to be assembled ;-)
Once again, I opted to use the Harrisville Shetland wool yarn for my project. It's diameter makes it great for working on the RH loom and it wears well for the projects I have used it for.
You can see the start of a basic twill to the left.
I used a combination of instructions I found online to work out this threading and weaving process. My sources included:
http://weavolution.com/group/rigid-heddlers/rh-wal-3s-twill-sampler-12118
http://askthebellwether.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-can-you-weave-with-2-heddles-on.html
http://weavolution.com/group/rigid-heddlers/do-we-have-wal-11984
http://sueknitsandspins.blogspot.com/2009/02/twill-on-rigid-heddle-loom.html
I only ran a couple of inches of basic twill before switching my lift pattern to work a herringbone twill. I used the blue warp and enough bright yellow, golden yellow and wine as weft to make three separate hand-sewn pouches. The first went in the Royal gift basket at war, the second is shown below and is my boyfriend's change purse and the third is still waiting to be assembled ;-)
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