Double Take is a colour-and-weave scarf designed to teach, while still producing a scarf you will love.
This project focuses on how to thread two heddles for colour-and-weave at proper sett. The emphasis is on the threading itself — how colour order is established across two heddles, and how that threading sets the stage for clear, predictable colour-and-weave patterns.
Log Cabin and Houndstooth are both plain weave, with the pattern emerging through careful colour order rather than changes in structure. By working through the threading carefully, you’ll see how those differences are created long before you ever throw a shuttle.
A significant portion of the work happens in the threading, and that is very much intentional. The instructions are detailed and methodical, with a number of short, practical videos included throughout the pattern to support you as you work through the set-up.
Once the loom is threaded, the weaving itself is straightforward and flexible. The scarf can be woven entirely in Log Cabin, entirely in Houndstooth, or as a combination of both, as shown in the sample, with plenty of room to adjust the weaving to suit your own style.
Makes one scarf approximately 57” long × 11.5” wide, plus fringe.
What You Will Need
Materials
• Sport-weight wool yarn suitable for warp
• Two contrasting colours used in both warp and weft
• Approximately 500m total for warp
• Approximately 225m total for weft
(The sample was woven using Malabrigo Arroyo. Substitution guidance is included in the pattern.)
Equipment
• 15” rigid heddle loom with double-heddle capacity
• Two 7.5 or 8 dent reeds
• 2 shuttles (stick or boat)
• 2 extra warping sticks
• Standard weaving tools
Double Take is a colour-and-weave scarf designed to teach, while still producing a scarf you will love.
This project focuses on how to thread two heddles for colour-and-weave at proper sett. The emphasis is on the threading itself — how colour order is established across two heddles, and how that threading sets the stage for clear, predictable colour-and-weave patterns.
Log Cabin and Houndstooth are both plain weave, with the pattern emerging through careful colour order rather than changes in structure. By working through the threading carefully, you’ll see how those differences are created long before you ever throw a shuttle.
A significant portion of the work happens in the threading, and that is very much intentional. The instructions are detailed and methodical, with a number of short, practical videos included throughout the pattern to support you as you work through the set-up.
Once the loom is threaded, the weaving itself is straightforward and flexible. The scarf can be woven entirely in Log Cabin, entirely in Houndstooth, or as a combination of both, as shown in the sample, with plenty of room to adjust the weaving to suit your own style.
Makes one scarf approximately 57” long × 11.5” wide, plus fringe.
What You Will Need
Materials
• Sport-weight wool yarn suitable for warp
• Two contrasting colours used in both warp and weft
• Approximately 500m total for warp
• Approximately 225m total for weft
(The sample was woven using Malabrigo Arroyo. Substitution guidance is included in the pattern.)
Equipment
• 15” rigid heddle loom with double-heddle capacity
• Two 7.5 or 8 dent reeds
• 2 shuttles (stick or boat)
• 2 extra warping sticks
• Standard weaving tools
