Rosepath Rug Draft
Single pointed krokbragd 3 treadles patterns have a distinctive diamond look.
Rosepath rug draft. It is a favorite of mine because it can be so incredibly versatile so thread up your loom with a long warp and play play play. Rosepath is a point twill broken by a thread at the turning point. I followed the draft in the book but i did make up the pattern as i went along using colors i selected. The example above is but one of many ways to draft a small extended point twill and it can be fun to play around with different threading variations to see what happens.
The key to weaving. One that especially caught my eye was the rosepath pattern. Sep 11 2017 explore susan campbell s board weaving rosepath followed by 743 people on pinterest. Rosepath on opposites 4 treadles the most commonly used rosepath technique in sweden.
By lynn stracka schuster. Learn how to plan for and create resist dyed patterns and designs using itajime cylinder wrapping bound and stitch resists. Rosepath can be woven on 4 shafts as well but the advantage to threading rosepath on eight shafts is that you have so many more possibilities. 4 shaft project this richly colored boundweave rug woven on rosepath threading was inspired by an article on scandinavian rugs in the may june 1987 issue of handwoven graph paper is a wonderful tool for designing color patterns without wasting yam.
Weaving drafts weaving drafts birds eye finnweave log cabin krokbragd. Hand weaving books weaving on a little loom everything you need to know to get started with weaving includes 5 simple projects. There is a distinct front and back side. Rosepath is a threading system sometimes called bird s eye that holds many possibilities.
Double pointed krokbragd 3 treadles. I started my first one using a variety of cotton and rayon fabrics from my stash. There is no distinct front or back side. The threading is essentially an extended point twill.
Karen i do have another question when you are doing the rugs above you have just one 3 4 inch slice of fabric on the shuttle at a time run it all the way across and then insert the next or send the same one back depending on the pattern draft. Tina ignell s book favourite rag rugs has some beautiful scandinavian rug projects. The bound rosepath draft for this project came from the big book of weaving by laila lundell p 122. See more ideas about weaving hand weaving loom weaving.
Uses many shuttles and colors.