Weaving Pattern Designs on a Frame Loom

What Is a Weave Structure?

A course by Rachel Snack , Textile Artist

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840 students

Audio: English, Spanish

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About the video: What Is a Weave Structure?

Overview

“Now I’ll explain what a weave structure is by using visual examples.”

In this video lesson Rachel Snack addresses the topic: What Is a Weave Structure?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Weaving Pattern Designs on a Frame Loom. Learn the intricate art of weaving patterns using a frame loom to create beautiful designs for your final project.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, we're going to cover what is a weave structure. A weave structure is the pattern that is created in your woven cloth. Weave structures can be really simple and they can also be really complex. The most basic weave structure is called tabby or plain weave. That means that there is no pattern or design. The warp and weft yarns are intersecting under over, under over every other yarn. More complex patterns can be created on more complex looms. So the samples that I'm about to show you are created on the floor loom. As I mentioned in the previous lesson, on the floor loom, you c...”

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Course summary for: Weaving Pattern Designs on a Frame Loom

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (11)
840 students
4 units
15 lessons (1h 32m)
5 downloads

Category
Craft
Areas
Arts & Crafts, Fiber Arts, Interactive Design, Pattern Design, Weaving

Rachel Snack

A course by Rachel Snack

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Textile Artist

Rachel Snack is a weaver, educator and textile artist. She received her Bachelor of Fine Art in Fiber & Material Studies from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and her Master of Science in Textile Design from Philadelphia University.

Rachel is the founder of Weaver House, a textile studio, yarn shop and weaving school dedicated to preserving craft tradition through hand-making and weaving education.

Rachel has conserved objects for exhibitions at The National Constitution Center, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Fabric Workshop & Museum, The NY Public Library and The Museum of Arts and Design. She has exhibited her work internationally, and taught courses on weaving and fiber dyeing to hundreds of students. She has been an artist-in-residence at T.E.X.E.R.E in Mexico, The Burren College of Art in Ireland, and Awamaki in Peru.