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TAPESTRY - LINKED
TAPESTRY - SEPARATE
CREATING PATTERNS
You can create patterns in your weft
using two weft colors—be sure to push
each row down firmly, covering the
warp yarn.
•
Horizontal stripes
—weave
several rows of color A, then switch to
color B for several rows.
•
Thin wavy stripes
—weave 2 rows
of color A, then 2 rows of color B;
repeat.
•
Vertical stripes
—weave 1 row of
color A, then 1 row of color B; repeat.
•
Spots of color
—Weave several
rows of color A, then 1 row B; then
several rows of color A.
SIMPLE TAPESTRY
To weave two colors side by side, you’ll
need two lengths of yarn in different
colors. Begin color A on the one side,
and color B on the other side. Weave
the two colors into the same shed until
they meet. Change the shed and push
the two yarns in place and weave each
color back to its edge. At the point
where the yarns meet at the center you
can choose to have them link around
each other or not. You can expand on
this technique and weave three, four,
or more colors beside each other at
once. You will need a separate length
of yarn for each color area.
