Rigid heddle weaving patterns

Rigid Heddle loom patterns that will help you increase your weaving skills while creating beautiful garments and accessories for you and your home.

A new weaver takes us on her odyssey from dishcloths to statement scarves.

We all know that the humble rigid heddle loom is capable of a lot more than first meets the eye. That is why it's such a wonderful loom for beginners - you can use it for it's most basic function (plain weave) to begin with and increase your skills and exploration from there.

Weave your way through Long Thread Media’s NEW rigid-heddle eBook! It features favorite projects from Handwoven, Spin-Off, and (of course) Easy Weaving with Little Looms!

Simple and Complex Patterns on the rigid heddle loom

With a simple pick up stick you can weave wonderful patterns on your rigid heddle loom, find out how!

This page is all about the weaving of Houndstooth dishtowels with 8/4 cotton. It covers everything you need to know about their pattern.

A sampler idea to see how different combinations of threads produce different patterns - all in plain weave

Learn to weave graphic, complex-looking patterns on your rigid-heddle loom—no pick-up stick required.

Most of the time when you are weaving on a rigid heddle loom and following instructions, there will be written notes for how to weave a pattern. For example, in any of my rigid heddle classes you will see threading instructions, telling you which holes and slots to thread, including colour order wherever it’s applicable....Read More

Colour and weave on a rigid heddle loom

I have done a double width weaving project! It was a bit hard at the beginning, but it became easier and more fun later. I think that my next double weaving project will go more smoothly. I’l…

Free Pattern Color and Weave Tea Towels on a Rigid Heddle Loom

Learn To Weave with Pickup Sticks in this rigid heddle weaving tutorial by Liz Gipson of Yarnworker.

Technically this post is NOTES ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, but there’s some useful information about the pattern and which pick-up stick to use for warp float weaving.

When you first learn to thread two heddles, chances are you learned the standard threading first. This threading can be organized in many different ways to create the conditions for lots of weave structures: plain weave, Hopsack, lace, twill, doubleweave, and Summer and Winter. This setup gives you the ability to manage independently, or in ... Read more

Rigid heddle looms are great to weave different things such as baby blanket! This blanket uses pickup sticks to create a fun an intricate pattern.

Weaving is something I've wanted to learn for a very long time. This Winter I bought myself a 60 cm Rigid Heddle Loom from Ashford, and with the help of books and online tutorials, taught myself the basics of weaving.

I used 2 colorways of Noro Silk Garden sock yarn: a bold brightly colored one for the warp and a more subdued one for the weft. I’m not sure of the exact color numbers. 8 dent reed, 13” wide x 96...