Pattern Charts & Design
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Pick-Up Pattern from Nordfjord in Norway
Pick-up sample. After suspenders, NFM.1979-04131, Nordfjord Folkemuseum. In preparing to present a webinar for Vesterheim on Norwegian bandweaving, September 21, 2025, I was intrigued with the pattern in a pair of suspenders from the Nordfjord region of Norway that I’d chosen to illustrate my talk. So I charted the pattern from the photograph and wove Continue reading
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42 More Charts for 7 Pattern Ends
Note: Most phone and tablet browsers won’t display a preview of these PDFs. Click the Download button for each if you want to print them. Here are seven pdfs, each with six charts for seven pattern ends in Baltic-style pick-up. Mix and match any of them in the same band, or combine them with the Continue reading
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24 Pick-up Bandweaving Charts for 7 Pattern Ends
Hello Weavers! My new book, Pick-Up Bandweaving Designs, is officially being released today, July 28, 2024, one month earlier than originally scheduled! In this post I’m sharing 24 charts for seven pattern ends. The samples above were woven from four of these charts in two different arrangements of magenta and teal green. I like how Continue reading
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Charts from an Orsa Apron Band
Update July, 2025: This booklet is unfortunately out of print. Contact me if you wish to purchase a pdf copy. Weavers had previously been buying this booklet directly from me, but I’m happy to announce that it will now be sold through Vesterheim, the National Norwegian-American Museum & Folk Art School, both at the museum Continue reading
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A Hand-Carved Band Heddle
Hello Bandweavers! My Weaving Posse gave me this sweet little heddle, which was hand carved by Kerstin Neumüller from Sweden. I love its character and the way the maker’s hand shows in the little details. It’s charming, and it’s perfect for weaving the narrow pick-up patterns we’ve been looking at in my last two posts. Continue reading
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Narrow Pick-Up Bandweaving Patterns–Three Approaches
Narrow patterns are fun to weave. In the last post, I provided 24 charts for five pattern ends in Baltic-style pick-up. In this post, I’ll show you three examples of how narrow patterns might be used in a band: by threading two identical pattern sections, by combining different motifs, and by simply repeating one pattern Continue reading
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24 Pick-up Bandweaving Charts for 5 Pattern Ends
The charts in my book, Pick-Up Bandweaving Designs (due out in August, 2024) are all for 13 pattern ends in Baltic-style pick-up. But if you’re a newly-minted pick-up weaver, weaving bands with fewer pattern ends is a great way to practice. And narrow ribbons are fun to weave—no matter your level of expertise. Below, you’ll Continue reading
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Pick-up Trim for Woven Bag (Old Post/Revised for Website Redesign)
Here I’ve used a pick-up band to trim a wool bag that I wove on a rigid heddle loom and then fulled. The band does double duty—first by encasing the raw edge of the top of the bag, which was folded to the outside, and second by providing a decorative finish and focal point for Continue reading
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Pattern Design Basics (Old Post/Revised for Website Redesign)
If you’re new to pick-up weaving, you’ll find that the more you understand about pattern charts, the more relaxed and efficient you can be as you weave. Plus, it’s fun to create your own patterns. To illustrate the basics, here are some examples in Baltic-style pick-up (referred to as Type 2 pick-up in Norwegian Pick-Up Continue reading
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Loop Handles for Pouches (Old Post/Revised for Website Redesign)
Pick-up bands make great trim for wool bags or pouches. I’ve designed these so that the trim extends in a loop at the top on each side, forming an easy and elegant closure and handle at the same time. The pouches themselves are knitted-and-fulled (felted). The size (about 10″ wide and 7″ high) is just Continue reading
Norwegian Pick-Up Bandweaving 