Welcome back to another fun episode. These placemats were a blast to weave. I tried all kinds of things....bringing design ideas forward, always doing the overlay thing. I created solid weft lines by not treadling a tabby between pattern picks which made that area weft-faced because the weft just packed down. I inlaid a square and surrounded it with plain weave. Repetitive sequences abound. I wove with only one shuttle and one weight, plus the regular way, tabby, float, tabby, float......... and the colour is joyful and uplifting.
I hope you have as much fun as I did. If you come up with other spectacular versions....which I'm sure you will, please share them with us on the forum. We love seeing what you are doing.
Things we will learn:
-That Monk’s Belt uses 2 opposite twill units. A is 1 and 2 and B is 3 and 4
-The number of times a unit is repeated lengthens the pattern float
-The number of times a unit can be repeated is also dependent on the EPI of the warp
-It is woven with alternating tabby picks between pattern picks
-It can be woven on other threadings ie. point twill for a 3 end unit and Huck for a 5 end unit
Happy weaving
Jane
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We'll learn the basics of Monk's Belt structure in this episode.
How to determine the sett for Monk's Belt pattern using a ruler.
We'll look closely at your draft and learn how Monk's Belt is woven.
A step by step look at each placemats and how they were woven using the weaving draft.
In this video, Jane teaches us how to cut off our warp while in the middle of a project using a little bit of glue so we can reattach without loosing too much warp.
Jane weaves Monk's Belt at the loom.
Let's look at our Show & Tell for Monk's Belt with samples more placemats and some lovely tea towels.
With your Monk's Belt draft, you'll be weaving 12 placemats using 8/2 and 8/4 cotton. We have all the details to weave them all differently!
