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Weaving patterns with pick up sticks.
To weave a weft float you place the heddle in neutral and tip the stick up on its edge so just the yarns on the stick are up.
Pick up sticks can be used to create simple patterns for all over texture or to create complex designs that may travel or cover only part of the weaving surface.
This class assumes that you have the ability to warp and dress your own loom without assistance and are reasonably comfortable doing so.
Using a pick up stick is an extremely versatile creative and fun way of introducing pattern and texture in your weaving.
In addition to the yarns in the holes being up the stick is also lifting up the threads that are on the pick up stick up.
The yarns are picked up behind the heddle and the stick is left in the warp to be used when the weaver wants to use it to create floats breaking the over under pattern of plain weave.
To weave a warp float place the heddle in the up position and slide the stick towards the heddle.
Weaving patterns using pick up sticks this is a follow on workshop for those who have previously attended weave a scarf in a day or for anyone familiar with using a rigid heddle loom.
These 2 shafts allow you to work plain weave which is a perfectly lovely weave structure on it s own but most weavers will begin with plain weave and then want to increase their own skills and their loom s capabilities.
A rigid heddle loom has 2 shafts essentially the hole threads and the slot threads.
Using a pick up stick to weave 3 1 lace and 5 1 lace.
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