In many ways, waffle weave is a delightfully straightforward weave structure. It is well-suited to four-shaft weaving, and uses a simple point twill threading. It gets its name from the simple fact that it looks like waffles--the cloth is made up of a grid of squares with high walls and deep centers, just like the litt

Rigid Heddle Waffle Weave Towels

This is a sample of waffle weave (warp running vertically). It turned out easier than I thought. The threading is just a point twill on 8 s...

After a little break from weaving I have started work on a Waffle Weave Shawl. The warp is a straight 24 threading left over from the mock leno shawl that I wove just before Christmas. I am weaving bands of colour which will use up some of my old stocks of Bendigo 2 ply. The draft uses a 4 shaft point threading which I have extended to 24 shafts. It is all coming along nicely and should be finished by the end of the week.

As summer heat is over, I can finally start warping. For my next project I am trying waffle weave on a rigid-heddle loom. The project is f...