And here’s yet another pattern I developed for the Facebook Pin Loom Weaving Support Group September 2017 Square Swap. The Star is one I’ve attempted before without success—the drawing was so bad I never even wove a sample. But this time around something clicked. I tried a couple different versions and this one turned out really nice, I think. (If you’re not in love with it, feel free to design your own.) Again, I only wove two-color samples, in LOTS of colors—I think I prefer white as the main color though (L1-3: white, L4: contrast color). You can see that I used variegated yarn in some of the samples. I think it works as long as the colors blend well and are the same value (low-contrast).
Flower 1
L1-3: CSS “Watermelon”
L4: YBSS “Olive”
Flower 1
R1: P
R2: P14, U3, P14
R3: P
R4: Rpt R2
R5: P11, O3, P17
R6: P14, U3, P2, O3, P9
R7: (P7, O3) x 2, P11
R8: P9, O3, P2, U3, P6, O3, P5
R9: P3, O3, P15, O3, P7
R10: P5, O3, P4, U3, O1, U3, P12
R11: P8, (U3, P3) x 2, U3, P8
R12: P6, U3, O1, U3, P5, U3, O1, U3, P6
R13: Rpt R11
R14: P12, U3, O1, U3, P12
R15: Rpt R2
R16: P
This version of the pattern is appropriate for this warping configuration (L1-3/L4). If using a single color, you may also use this rewritten version or the one just below.
Blue stitches are O3
Flower 2 (single color version)
No Sample
R1: P
R2: P14, U3, P14
R3: P
R4: Rpt R2
R5: P9, O3, U3, P16
R6: P14, U3, P3, U3, O3, P5
R7: U1, O3, U3, P9, U3, O3, P9
R8: P5, O3, U3, P3, U3, P14
R9: P24, U3, P4
R10: P12, U3, O1, U3, P12
R11: P8, (U3, P3) x 2, U3, P8
R12: P6, U3, O1, U3, P5, U3, O1, U3, P6
R13: Rpt R11
R14: Rpt R10
R15: Rpt R2
R16: P
Blue stitches are O3. Light blue stitches are optional.