Krokbragd

By admin on February 9, 2025

Krokbragd

Krokbragd is usually woven in stripes of 3 colours. Other colours can be added to the pattern sequence but using only a maximum of 3 at a time. The treadling sequence doesn’t vary. It is woven in a repeat of 12, 23, 31.

A multitude of design possibilities is available to the weaver by varying the placement of the weft colours.
I took this draft from one of my weaving books.

Krokbragd Rug

Krokbragd – The Norwegian Method

Birgitta Kuik kindly wrote to me to explain Krokbragd weaving further. It is always good to share knowledge and to learn more from other experienced weavers.
Thank you Birgitta.

live in Norway and weave quite a bit of krokbragd and your draft is not correct. Krokbragd is mostly woven on 3 or 4 shafts and are woven 1 shaft at a time. So tie up is 1 shaft down 2 up and weaving is 1,2,3,1,2,3 etc
Scandinavian notation, 1 shaft back, read from bottom-up.

3-skaft krokbragd binding – Tie-Up

3 Shaft Krokbragd Binding – Tie Up

Weave 1,2,3,12,3,1,2,3 etc. Normally you have 4 weft-picks to get a colored square.

3-skaft krokbragd binding med ekstra 2-skaft ( tramp vekslevis 2 og 4 for 2-skaft/tabby)
3 shaft krokbragd with ekstra 2-shaft/tabby

Krokbragd for 2 Shaft Tabby

Weave 1,2,3 for krokbragd, weave 2,4,2,4 etc. For tabby. Often used in beginning or end of an åkle.

Krokbragd with Tabby

3-skaft krokbragd veving av overste eksempel,
Weaving of the above example. 4 picks = 1 square

Krokbragd – 4 Pick Tabby

Krunebord m prik lang – example of a traditional pattern used as a border

Krokbragd Border 1

Krokabord lang

Krokbragd Border 2

Below
example from an old åkle. My weaving program doesn’t support boundweave so I use the first 3 in the pattern as threadling. So it is first 1 red pick, 2 white picks (repeat 4 times), then 2 red picks , one white (repeat 4 times) , 1 white+2 red (4*), 1 black, 1 white ,1 red (4*) You get used to this kind of notation.

If you want to do the pattern perfect then you have to know that when you weave a prik (e.g. the black dot) you have to weave the last pick not as 1 black,1 white,1 red but as 1 white, 1 white, 1 red. Otherwise the figure is not completely symmetrical. But most weavers here don’t know that anymore.