Weaving with two heddles on your rigid heddle loom opens up a whole new world of yarns and patterns. And it's not nearly as hard as you might think. This Blog by The Rogue Weaver will help you double your fun!

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Changing weft colours on a rigid heddle scarf weaving loom is something which can pose a challenge for new weavers. This blog outlines a few methods so that you can learn different techniques to create stunning, neatly woven scarves!

Based in Ashburton, New Zealand, Ashford Handicrafts are the world’s leading manufacturers of Spinning Wheels, Weaving Looms and other textile equipment and supplies.

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If I want to try out a band pattern or just weave something quickly I usually set up the warp and thread it onto my heddle at the same time. This isn’t the most meticulous way to set up a small weave, but I find it to be the fastest and for small weaves woven on my kind of heddles I find it to work

Looking so psychedelic… this is overshot “woven on opposites”. I’m using the aqua for my main colour and orange for the accent colour. It beats more closely because there is no tabby to provide the base structure and looks more weft-faced. The treadling rhythm doesn’t feel as convenient as alternating two feet for pattern-tabby-pattern-tabby, but ...

I had my ups and downs but over all I think I actually like weaving with mohair. It was definitely a change of pace from my normal weaving. My style is usually heavy with texture, so this was a challenge to make something lighter. Mohair is much more tacky then the yarns I usually weave with,

I finally got back to my loom the other day. I managed to knock out just under a metre of this clasped weft with a diamond twill pattern. My goal is to get three metres of this, then do another three metres of white on white. Then, if it all goes to plan, I will…