#inkle weaving

[stormsfordragon]

Another rainbow!

This one is 2" wide, 78" inches long. I have no idea how I managed that when most of my bands are roughly 60". There's 192 threads in this pattern. Took me about 6 hours to cut the threads and string them up on the cards. Pattern repeats took about 45 minutes each. 21 repeats for about 22 hours, probably more if you include loading the shuttle. Made with crochet thread.

The pattern is one of my own modified ones! I took a relatively simple pattern and expanded it to include 6 colors instead of 2 the first time I made it. But it wasnt twist neutral and simply reversing the pattern to make it so gave it odd spots and looked clunky. So I mixed it up to make the twists alternate directions at different times and it looks so much more natural! Especially since the sections are relatively short all considered. I was worried I was going to be unhappy with it and that's a lot of work that I had to trust the process on. But I really like it!

[thackeroy]

And it's finished! No idea what I'll use it for but it's pretty and I braided the ends to fully finish it off.

[havinghorns]

Finished weaving my feather band, now just to decide what to do with it...

[frayedgoblin]

Two years ago I watched one video on tablet weaving, and the craft stayed inside my mind since, festering until I couldn't handle it anymore. I had to weave!!

My best friend VERY kindly made my simple loom design come to life, and well... you will now find me beneath my funky orange blanket weaving until my hands are red raw and my back screams in agony.

This is my second go at weaving, and I refuse to be convinced otherwise that weaving is in my blood because how is it going so well? What magic has imbued my fingers to create such consistent work? Whatever it is, I am proud of my new belt I'm making!

I used yarn and colours cotton 4 ply yarn in khaki and ecru, off-white cotton warp thread, and followed the four hole pine pattern on twistedthreads!

[tempestuousreed]

Latest project/experiment: A little purse made from woven bands that I stitched together.

Originally, this post was going to go way in depth about how this project is so different from the original design, and was going to make disclaimers about every little flaw that probably only I see.

But then I took a step back and thought about how fricking cool it is that I just *made fabric* and then *made it into an actual little thing*.

It’s my first time trying something like this, and I think my perfectionism was really getting to me, but I’m quite proud of my slightly-wonky pouch, even if it’s not exactly what I’d hoped it would be.

I don’t know what I’ll use it for, though…

[amymon-arachne]

*cries*

One repeat (everything shown here) takes 45 minutes.

Working the pattern isn’t as bad as I thought but I’m definitely looking forward to the easier ones.

Now I’m thinking about drafting patterns where the hearts are going sideways so the flag colours are horizontal…

[robin-prints]

some more bands from the inkle loom made from random yarns from my stash. at a certain point I tried to see how wide I could go and I think the widest one is about 8 or 9 inches. I want to try connecting some together to make larger pieces of fabric!!!

[ghostweaver]

Starting a new band!

Apologies for not posting in a while, I've needed some time to adjust to my new routine before I could even dream of setting up my loom again. But luckily, between classes and 3 jobs and everything else, I was able to get some weaving in. I'm so, so glad I've been able to keep up with it. Keeping a hobby keeps you sane, you know? Having something you enjoy doing that isn't doom-scrolling into the ether does wonders for you, even if it's only for a half an hour a day. We get so caught up in the need-to-do's and deadlines that cage us in our lives, but those hobbies are our enrichment! They're there to up morale, to keep us entertained and happy, to let us take a break from the stress that steals so much of our minds already. I promise you, the need-to-do's can wait half an hour, and then when you get back to them, you'll be all the better for it.

This one will be a WIP for a long while, yes, but already the journey of creating the pattern, setting up the loom, and starting to weave has done wonders for me. I encourage all of you to keep a WIP handy at all times as well! We all need our emotional support hobbies.