Weave Structures Study Group - Black Sheep Handweavers Guild

The Weave Structures Study group first met in late summer 2019 and agreed upon the following (updated to current status)

We choose a different weave structure to study every four months, more or less often if circumstances/interest dictate.
We help each other, or bring in someone from the guild with more experience to help us if needed.
Each member chooses their own project and materials, and weave it during the study period.
We meet monthly to talk about challenges and what we were learning.

NOTE: not all completed projects are shown below!

==========================================================

Comboweave

We’re weaving comboweave in Spring 2023! Because of the timing of CNCH, we won’t be moving on to a new structure until September.

Beiderwand and Turned Beiderwand

We started Beiderwand in September 2022… We extended our time with the structure to encompass Turned Beiderwand when several of our members took Karen Donde’s Turned Beiderwand class.

Teddie’s runners:

Maggie’s Turned Beiderwand:

Ange’s Pillows in 8/2 cotton with black garage sale wool pattern weft.

Deflected Double Weave

We ended our study of Deflected Double Weave in August ’22; the group spent longer with this due to CNCH.

Scarf in 8/2 Tencel by Maggie

Two scarves by Sharolene, 20/2 and 30/2 silk. Sett and picks were 30 in a 15 dent reed on an AVL.

Two projects by Betsy

Fabric and the shirt made from the fabric by Bambi.

Two scarves in 18/2 wool by Ange; the blue one is from Double with a Twist and the other 2nd is from Handwoven Magazine. Orange and magenta yarn from Gisela Evitt’s stash.

Doublewide doubleweave

Johanna’s blanket on top of her warm happy husband!

Huck

Johanna in her huck tunic

Crackle

Johanna’s scarf:

Joan’s crackle, still on the loom!

Overshot

Q2′ 2021’s structure is Overshot. We remarked that we’ve gone from supplemental warp projects to supplemental weft projects!

Ange’s two bedside table runners, 8/2 and 5/2 cotton.

Johanna’s runner:

Supplemental Warp

In Q1 2021, we chose supplemental warp and had Deb Essen talk to us about how to do it! She gave us a great presentation and the group left feeling like they could accomplish a project. More than one of us in the group will be doing more supplemental warp projects! Here are some of the projects, zoom in to see details.

This green scarf was woven in bamboo by Kathy.

Table runner by Betsy, in 18/2 wool

A couple of runners by Joan. The first one is made from her sheep at Deer Hollow Farm! And the green one is a fingering weight wool.

Johanna’s new scarf

Ange made a sample of warpwise woven shibori in 8/2 tencel, dyed in Procion “Avocado”. Sample is ironed flat; apparent texture is due to how the dye struck the fabric.