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the cross stitch pattern is shown in black and beige

After a little break from weaving I have started work on a Waffle Weave Shawl. The warp is a straight 24 threading left over from the mock leno shawl that I wove just before Christmas. I am weaving bands of colour which will use up some of my old stocks of Bendigo 2 ply. The draft uses a 4 shaft point threading which I have extended to 24 shafts. It is all coming along nicely and should be finished by the end of the week.

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four different patterns are shown in blue and white

JoLanda asked about waffle weave, how to do twill and waffle at the same time. There are a number of options. If you want waffle and twill in the warp you need more shafts - here are some waffle options on four shafts. To make warp wise twill stripes, you would simply thread for twill on the other four shafts and then tie up and treadle accordingly. The draft above shows a lift plan because to do all the waffle options in one cloth on four shafts you run out of treadles and a direct tie up…

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an old weaving machine with yarn on it

Waffle weave on the Cricket loom is a 6-step weaving pattern. Here I am working with two Yoth yarns from EWE Fibers, both from the Best Friend collection of light weight yarns. The magic? These ya…

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two green crocheted towels sitting on top of a brick wall next to a wooden door

It's kind of funny (to me anyways) but the main thing I wanted to weave when I got my rigid heddle loom is dish towels. After experimenting with thinner 8/2 cotton yarn I decided to try a thicker 3/2 Valley yarn. I also wanted to try doing a waffle weave. Several tutorials and you tube videos later (and another WEBS order for yarn and a pick up stick) I started weaving and loved the results! After I took it off the loom and washed & dried it I was even happier. The waffle weave makes for…

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