Weaving Pattern Designs on a Frame Loom

Reading the Grid Pattern 1

A course by Rachel Snack , Textile Artist

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938 students

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About the video: Reading the Grid Pattern 1

Overview

“In this lesson, I’ll show you how to read a grid pattern pick-by-pick and translate the draft to the frame loom.”

In this video lesson Rachel Snack addresses the topic: Reading the Grid Pattern 1, 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 how to read the grid pattern and how to actually weave it on the loom. So this is my table set up. I have my grid pattern here. I have my ruler and my marker, and that's how I'm actually going to track my pattern. I have my loom. my stick shuttle with my tabby pick. I have my beater or my comb. I have another shuttle which I'm going to load with my other weft yarn and my scissors. So to get started, let's look at the grid pattern. This is essentially our guide for how to weave on the loom. We are going to use a ruler to move along the pattern to see whic...”

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Course summary for: Weaving Pattern Designs on a Frame Loom

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (12)
938 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.