#krokbragd

[jollyluce]

I haven’t posted about a weaving project in a while because rugs take a LONG TIME. I started this thing in early October!

This rug was done with a 3-shaft krokbragd threading using a cotton warp and about 12 skeins of 3-ply Bergå Swedish rug wool. The wool is sturdy enough and I got the weave tight enough that I know it’ll stand up fine to regular use in my entryway.

The pattern is the product of experimentation within the limitations of the amount of yarn I had for each color. I tracked my yarn usage by weight, noted down what I was doing throughout the first half of the rug, and then reversed it after I hit the midway point.

[battlestar-gasmacktica]

It’s done! I’m pretty proud of this. Read on for details.

This was woven by me in 2025 using the Norwegian krokbragd technique and traditional krokbragd motifs. I wove this on a frame loom with Lettlopi yarn. It’s about 11”x12” not counting the fringe.

I am using the colors of pride flags to weave a group of wall hangings—previously I wove a krokbragd trans pride weaving. It is meaningful to me to weave pride “flags” using a weaving tradition that connects me to the immigrants on my own family tree. I will be making more and will post them here, and will give them all a post together when they’re done.

[avatarofthewriting]

mug rug 3! For now i'm done with this type of pattern and i'll switch to something else! But i'm very happy with the series :3 These will go in my living room on my side tables

colours are based on the Krokbragd book by Angie Parker, which I have been reading :D

[dangerphd]

dunno why it never clicked before, but three-hole 3F3B krokbragd on a tablet weaving setup just settled into my brain. like, I *get* it all of a sudden.

Twisted Threads

[therestlesshen]

Trying out a new technique (let's face it, they're all new techniques at this point). This is Krokbragd - a Scandinavian bound weave.

The yellow and grey sample is on River Weaveright the floor loom and the turquoise and maroon sample is on my super old table loom, Joe (somewhat refurbished).

It's weft facing so it's super slow to weave but fun figuring out new patterns. Eventually I'll make a coherent piece.

Also, meet Joe:

Joe is an ancient (age unknown) table loom with two harnesses that are counter balance. I added some 3d printed hooks and holders for a string heddle as Krokbragd requires 3 shafts (or painful amounts of pickup). Everything is set up to work as a sinking shed to make the pattern show up on top. He's still a bit rough around the edges but works well with his paint stick shuttles.

[drelmurn]

sheep sheep sheep sheep

Krokbragd on the Rigid Heddle Loom

Krokbragd, meaning “crooked path”, is a Norwegian word for a particular weft-faced weaving technique. This technique is perfect for making a

Whoops, messed up the pattern slightly. Still! Sheep! <3

I thought that this pattern looked cool when I was looking for inspiration, and it wasn't too hard to set up my warp to do it warp-faced rather than weft-faced.

[battlestar-gasmacktica]

Tiny Biancas with my own handspun as background—a quick test to see how my first handspun skein worked. It’s lumpy and bumpy but it’s mine. 99% Shetland, 1% Bianca

[battlestar-gasmacktica]

Happy Pride month! I have completed or at least put on hiatus my little Pride flag series and here they all are together on one post. Technical details and further thoughts after the pics.

First, the technical: I wove these on an untensioned frame loom at 6 epi using Lettlopi yarn for the weft and cotton seine twine for the warp. They are krokbragds, a Norwegian word which means “crooked path.” Krokbragd is a Norwegian twill weave. All of these are traditional Norwegian motifs, but you can also create figurative motifs using krokbragd. Each of these range in size from 10” x 11” to 12” x 12”.

Now, the design: The colors of each weaving correlate with the colors of a Pride flag: rainbow, transgender, bisexual, lesbian, and gay men (also heard this flag referred to as the Vincian flag). I didn’t do every Pride flag that exists, mostly because I’ve grown a bit tired of the twill pattern and need to put in some hours on my other tapestry loom to develop my hachure skills. In the future, I may develop more of these, but damn I need a break from over one under three with a pickup stick.

My goal in this work was to weave Pride flags and celebrate my queer community while exploring a weaving practice that connected me to the immigrants in my own family tree. I wrote a long and more indulgent essay about both immigrants and what it means to me as a bisexual cisgender woman to relate to the queer community but I know you are here for the weaving so I’ll just sum it up: Fuck ICE, and these weavings are dedicated to the gentle and grounded queer elders, mostly older gay men, who saw me and mentored me in my early jobs in theater and demonstrated a resilience and kindness I have sought to emulate ever since. If you’re really JUST here for the weaving, understand this: textiles are political and will never not be.

Okay, thanks for reading and looking! I am going to weave some other stuff now, bye!