Let’s say you want to design a weaving pattern but don’t know how to go about it. First let’s decide what kind of pattern you want to design—a textured pattern or a figure (e.g. heart, diamond…).
Single Heart Outline, Solid Heart, Cross My Heart 3
Received a request for a pattern depicting a cup. Surely Cup o’ Soup is everyone’s favorite midnight snack. Hence the name.
Cup o’ Soup
This pattern is called “Chick (1)” because there’s another similar design in the offing. It may never see the light of day, but it exists.
Sample square shows Chick (1) with all optional stitches.
Chick (1)
Maybe I should be embarrassed about the Easter basket pattern I posted earlier today; I’m not. Though not very good, it illustrates a step in pattern designing—morphing from one idea to another. Originally the green square below was part of an Easter egg design (one of many failed attempts). My husband thought it looked like a basket, so I altered it slightly, called it “Easter Basket,” and posted it here. The more I saw it, the less I liked it. It was pretty obvious how to tidy it up, so here’s the new pattern:
Easter Basket 2
Easter Egg
Although in the most technical sense, this design uses the slide technique, it doesn’t feel like it. The row is so short needle sliding is unnoticeable. The Slides pattern might be good practice for the slide technique if you’re uncomfortable with it.
This pattern can also be used on 2″ x 6″ bookmark looms.
Slides
Wall Bars designs use the Slide technique. Slide means that the needle slides between the warp layers rather than going Under the L1 warps or Over the L3 warps. The L4 weft thread will be in between the warps alongside the L2 threads on either side of it. When I count the slide stitches, I tap them with my needle to keep track of them.
Wall Bars 3, variation A
Wall Bars 3, variation A1
Wall Bars designs use the Slide technique. Slide means that the needle slides between the warp layers rather than going Under the L1 warps or Over the L3 warps. The L4 weft thread will be in between the warps alongside the L2 threads on either side of it. When I count the slide stitches, I tap them with my needle to keep track of them.
Wall Bars 4 variation A
Wall Bars 4 variation A