Weaving Patterns With Pick Up Sticks

Pick up sticks can be used to create simple patterns for all over texture or to create complex designs that may travel or cover only part of the weaving surface.

Weaving patterns with pick up sticks.

In addition to the yarns in the holes being up the stick is also lifting up the threads that are on the pick up stick up. To weave a warp float place the heddle in the up position and slide the stick towards the heddle. By kelly 20 comments. These 2 shafts allow you to work plain weave which is a perfectly lovely weave structure on it s own but most weavers will begin with plain weave and then want to increase their own skills and their loom s capabilities.

Pick up sticks are simple and brilliant at the same time. To weave a weft float you place the heddle in neutral and tip the stick up on its edge so just the yarns on the stick are up. Using a pick up stick to weave 3 1 lace and 5 1 lace. Using a pick up stick is an extremely versatile creative and fun way of introducing pattern and texture in your weaving.

With a pick up stick you can easily pass over more than one warp end to create lace spot weaves honeycomb and other interesting patterns. 3 1 lace insert pattern stick 1 up 1 down repeated across 1. For a rigid heddle loom they are a wonderful discovery. A rigid heddle loom has 2 shafts essentially the hole threads and the slot threads.