Sáami Bandweaving Pickup Draft

A weaving draft for making a traditional Sámi belt.

This type of weaving pattern was traditionally woven on a small rigid heddle type of loom. Some of the Saami heddle reeds also had an additional hole in them, that was for the pattern warp threads, so that they could be picked up easily from the warp.
2 Hole Heddle Weaving Reed

Warp

4 Blue
9 Red
20 White
Total: 32 Ends

AMAZON – Band Weaving Books
Weaving Patterned Bands: How to Create and Design with 5, 7, and 9 Pattern Threads
Handwoven Tape: Understanding and Weaving Early American and Contemporary Tape
Norwegian Pick-Up Bandweaving
Weaving Bands: Woven bands / Table Bands / Plaited Bands / Insertion Bands

ORIGINAL FILE DATE: MAR 13, 2011