Norwegian Pick-Up Bandweaving

Hello Bandweavers!

I recently wore one of my little band heddle neckpieces to a weavers’ guild meeting where it got a lot of attention, so I wanted to share a few of them with you.

I begin with a small band heddle. I bought the square one pictured below from Sätergläntan in Sweden. The shaped ones are made by Åke Erlandsson and can be ordered online from Vävkompaniet. These are the 8 cm and 6 cm sizes.

For each, I wove a short length for the neckpiece on the warp I had remaining from a project. Then I secured the warp behind the heddle with a common whipping knot and trimmed off the excess. (To control the warp while I wrapped the whipping knot, I loosely braided the warp and wrapped the knot around the braid.)

For the cord, I cut three or four lengths of warp yarn, 80″ long, which I then twisted and folded in half using a method similar to the one shown here. Finally, I knotted and trimmed the cord to the length I wanted and tied each end to the heddle with a short length of the same yarn.

The pattern and instructions for the bands above are in my book, Norwegian Pick-Up Bandweaving, beginning on page 122. They’re woven in 5/2 perle cotton.

This band is woven in Baltic-style pick-up with seven pattern ends and is also in 5/2 perle cotton (doubled for the pattern ends). This is the same band that is pictured at the top of this post, but I’ve changed the cord from top to bottom and flipped the band over to wear it with the other side showing.

These pieces are fun to wear to gatherings like guild meetings and classes, and they make great conversation openers.

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