Saori style weaving wasn’t the only style offered over the recent school holidays in the studio. Katie ventured into some inkle loom weaving producing a lovey braid and a friendship band of her own design all in under two hours! Her grandmother, Dianne, is continuing to weave a beautiful teal pre-wound for a top and is almost at the cut off.

I have done ALOT of inkle loom weaving in my past so it was quite delightful and relaxing to warp up in the strong colours for the weave. As inkle loom weaving is most suited to warp faced weaves the colours remain themselves, totally undiluted by a weft thread. Warp faced weaves are a powerful ‘hit’ of colour and are very suited to strong dye techniques on the yarn before weaving. If you have an inkle loom or can make one up from a cardboard box here are some instructions. The very word ‘inkle’ is appealing mainly because it is Scottish, I believe, and so many Scottish phases and histories are in our language. Just an inkling.