By Carrie MillerWaffle weave is created with a point-twill threading pattern. Floats around the outside edge of each square create depth. I wove this fabric on 4 shafts; the more shafts used, the deeper the cells will be. The waffle weave structure is commonly used for towels because the fabric is absorbent and airy. The Wolf Pup is the perfect width for weaving towels! Here, we used 8/2 unmercerized cotton for an absorbent fabric.When the waffle weave fabric comes off of the loom and is washed, it will be transformed from flat to springy, sometimes even stretchy. In this example, I chose my colors carefully to emphasize the depth of each square. Planning the warp threading in a weave draft software allowed me to test colors and placement before threading the loom. There are several weaving draft software options available and you can also use Photoshop to test out color combinations.Tell us about your experience with weave draft software. What program do you like? Please feel free to share your results on our Instagram or Facebook pages using the hashtag #schachtspindle.Project SpecsWeave structure: point twill—make sure to use floating selvedges!Finished size: 15" x 20" per towelWarp length: 3 ydsNumber of warp ends: 306, plus 2 floating selvedgesWidth in reed: 17"EPI: 18

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An extra plush blanket woven with Mallo Cotton Slub Weaving Yarn in a densely textured waffle weave structure.

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After a little break from weaving I have started work on a Waffle Weave Shawl. The warp is a straight 24 threading left over from the mock leno shawl that I wove just before Christmas. I am weaving bands of colour which will use up some of my old stocks of Bendigo 2 ply. The draft uses a 4 shaft point threading which I have extended to 24 shafts. It is all coming along nicely and should be finished by the end of the week.

This is a sample of waffle weave (warp running vertically). It turned out easier than I thought. The threading is just a point twill on 8 shafts. 300 ends in all - mostly white but with a central section of red and some isolated red threads. in carefully selected positions All 2/6 unmercerised cotton. The centre line of the cloth runs down the middle of the visible red sections. I have woven several sections with just white and some others with just red. Given the long warp floats at the edge of the cloth, there seems no point in adding a threaded selvedge. I have used a floating selvedge instead. The draft for this is shown on the left. On the table loom, a Voyager, this has an easy liftplan. If you look at the cloth, in both the draft and the sample above, there is not a lot of tabby in the centre of each rectangle and the cloth is quite three dimensional. Each rectangle in the cloth on the loom is 18 mm by 20 mm. The warp is 20 epi so that the 15 thread repeat should be 19 mm if there was no draw-in. If I was weaving tabby with a 2/6 cotton, I would be using 16 epi but 20 epi allows for the lack of thread crossings in this weave. The cloth above the extra pale green thread in the left is a second draft (see below for the draft). This has far more tabby in the centre and is much flatter as a result. Each rectangle is now 18 by 27 mm which reflects the increased amount of tabby. And the liftplan is very complicated - easy to make mistakes. It would have to be re-sleyed. So all in all, I prefer the first one. because it is more three-dimensional. I will weave a bit more of the second draft, then cut it off and wash it. I am not sure whether I shall re-sley it to get the pattern square. Going by the current dimensions, I would have to use 19epi!! Do I care? Let's see what the dimensions are like after washing. One change to my usual practice is that any breaks in the weft thread will have to done by doubling both ends in the centre of the cloth. I usually end at the end of a weft throw and tuck one end back in for one or two inches. With all the warp and weft floats around, this is a bad idea. These drafts have been worked out from Kathryn Wertenberger's book, 'An Introduction to Multishaft Weaving', 1988, ISBN 0-934026-34-3. All-in-all, this has been an interesting exercise and not nearly as difficult as I thought it would be. I have not woven with such thick yarn for a long time and was horrified by the large amount of yarn required. Yes, I did do the sums before I started and I will use about 0.5 kg of yarn. You can weave a lot of 90/2 silk with 0.5 kg. I have just weighed 3.5 yards of 90/2 silk 22 inches wide and it was all of 6 ounces (170 gms). The builder is starting next Monday on re-decorating and we have jointly come up with a plan to improve access to the bathroom by rehanging the door on the left rather than the right. Of course we have to move the light-pull and one of the wall lights but it is all do-able and will improve access enormously. All I have to do is to organise where the contents of the loom-room are to go so I started by clearing out the garage today. It was very cold so I did not finish but will do some more tomorrow.

Weaving waffle weave hand towels. I have just finished a set of hand towels in waffle weave. I love this weave structure. Here is the draw down. I have used green, red, blue and white to show the structure clearly. It is woven using seven shafts. Drawdown for 7 shaft waffle weave hand towels. Warp: 8/2 cotton in three colours, natural, light green and dark green. Weft: 8/2 cotton in three colours, natural, light green and dark green. Sett: 24 epi Total number of warp ends: 589 ends. The pattern repeat is 12 picks and 12 warp ends. I used three colours: natural, light green and dark green. The colour order is as follows: 24 natural, 12 light green, 12 natural, 12 dark green, 12 natural. I varied the order in the centre but to balance the weave the final group of natural warp ends should be 25. In all there are 45 groups of 12 ends and two larger groups of 24 at one edge and 25 at the other edge. Look at the towel on the loom for the exact colour order. There is no need for a floating selvedge as the waffle weave shrinks and fulls up beautifully. To start, I used a fine 16/2 cotton for the first 12 picks ( one pattern repeat). This is for the hem so that it will not be too bulky. Here is the weaving on the loom. I wove one towel with just the natural as the weft. A further two towels I wove with five pattern repeats in natural, light green, natural, dark green etc. The length of the towels on the loom was approximately 95cm (37 inches) A close up of the weave structure whilst on the loom Once off the loom I ironed the ends of the towels to make the hem. I turned up one pattern repeat - (the first 12 picks in fine cotton) and ironed it flat. Then turn a further pattern repeat in the 8/2 cotton. This makes the hem which can now be tacked. Don't worry if your hem is slightly larger. Close up of the hems before washing. I used a wide zigzag stitch on the sewing machine to hem the towels. Once hemmed the tacking stitches can be removed. To wash the towel, I put it into the washing machine with my normal wash and then into the drier. This weave structure makes very textured towels. The shrinkage is as follows and is measured with the towel already hemmed. Before washing ( and after hemming): Length: 85 cm (33.5 inches) Width: 57 cm (22.5 inches) After washing and drying.: Length: 62 cm (24.5 inches) Width: 45 cm (17.75 inches) There is a lot of shrinkage for this weave structure. The final towels are beautifully textured and make ideal hand towels. Hanging tag. I also wove a narrow warp faced band to use as a hanging tab on the towels. I used the 8/2 cotton in the same colours. Here is the drawdown. Drawdown for warp faced narrow band. The narrow band has 42 warp ends. If you look along the top of the drawdown, you can see the colour order for the warp. Some of the dark and light green warp threads are doubled so that they stand out in the pattern. This is indicated by a thicker square on the drawdown. I wove the band on my Swedish band loom. These type of bands can be woven easily on an inkle loom or with a rigid heddle. (See my book The Art of Simple Band Weaving and the Youtube video Five ways of weaving narrow bands). I cut the band into 4 inch lengths for the towel hanging tags. Turn under the ends of each tag and iron flat. Pin to the edge of the towel and oversew. The band tags were sewn onto the towels - just in time to be wrapped for Christmas presents. The three tags: one is sewn onto the edge of the towel. More narrow patterned bands. Bell key ring holders by Tamaki My friend Tamaki posted a lovely photograph of some of her key bell holders. She has been making them to raise money for the orphans of the tsunami. She loves band weaving and has made some lovely bands in beautiful colour combinations to go with the key holders. She allowed me to publish her photograph. As you can see, she has been very busy making these lovely bands and knitting the key holders. All of the keyholders sold. The colours are just right for Christmas. And finally - a Happy Christmas to everyone. Susan J Foulkes December 2014

Isle Acke: Waffle weave.

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In many ways, waffle weave is a delightfully straightforward weave structure. It is well-suited to four-shaft weaving, and uses a simple point twill threading. It gets its name from the simple fact that it looks like waffles--the cloth is made up of a grid of squares with high walls and deep centers, just like the litt

Introducing our Rigid Heddle Weaving MVP Club (Most Valuable Projects)! Let's get creative with twelve of our most fabulous weaving projects; exploring the many weaving techniques that you can master on your rigid heddle loom. With this 12 month club membership we've taken out the guesswork, so that you can jump right in and start this weaving journey today! Experience a Variety of Our Favorite Cotton Yarns: Organic 5/3 Cotton Cotton Tail 8/4 Aurora Earth 8/2 Cotton Cloud Nine Cotton Caterpillar Cotton Stonewash 5/2 Cotton Bamboo Pop Learn New Techniques! This is a great way to learn and master rigid heddle techniques with each new design! Weave structures include, plain weave, texture weave, houndstooth, color and weave, crammed warp spacing, waffle weave, log cabin and more. Plus you'll stock up on beautiful cotton towels, placemats, and runners for yourself and to give as beautiful handmade gifts. What You Need Rigid Heddle loom 24” weaving width (patterns can be adjusted to any size loom) one 10 dent heddle four Stick shuttles  one pick-up stick What You Get All the yarns you’ll need to complete each project. Step-by-step warping, weaving and finishing instructions. Tips and hints for successful weaving. One-on-one help if needed by phone or email from designer Jodi Ybarra. Free pattern downloads for each project. Option to choose colors for each kit (you can email us a list with your color preferences or let us know what color you would like for each kit in the comment section of the shopping cart)  You may have enjoyed some of these projects in the past, but we encourage you to try some of the new color options that are available.  What You Save Time choosing yarns and colors Hassle of gathering all the yarns and purchasing instructions Free Shipping each month (Free shipping rates apply to all orders within USA) Plan Options 12-Month Club - weave 2 towels - one kit sent monthly Club Bundle - All 12 kits sent at once (Save $49.95)   Need A Loom? The 24" Ashford Rigid Heddle Loom is the easy-to-use and very affordable.    Weaving kits that are included with club membership: Amazing Colorways Towels Cherry Pie Towels Summer Celebration Towels or Placemats Balancing the Elements Towels Spot on Towels Houndstooth & Colorplay Towels Hip to Be Square Towels Homestyle Plaid Towels Cotton Candy Towels Waffle Weave Variegated Towels Stonewash Log Cabin Runner or Placemats Three Times the Fun Towels   Note:  There is a $20 cancellation fee for any club that is canceled before the 12 month membership ends. Photos by Jessica Ybarra

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Get cozy with a throw that's got you covered! This Navy Waffle Weave Cotton Throw's unique texture looks like a cross between a waffle and honeycomb—perfect for wrapping up in luxurious comfort! Double-sided, so you have two ways to style. Navy waffle weave cotton throw Double-sided construction with fringed ends Natural and navy hues Measures 60"L x 50"W Machine Wash Warm Imported

I love weaving on my Rigid Heddle Loom and I love making towels! Stripes, plaid, checkered and now waffle weave! You can’t imagine how excited I was when I realized that waffle weave can be achieved on a 2 shaft loom, using plain weave and just one pick-up stick. Aurora Earth 8/2 cotton is the basic yarn used in these

The cotton Waffle Weave Hand Towel is the perfect addition to any bathroom or kitchen. Made from high-quality cotton, this towel is both absorbent and quick to dry. The unique texture of the waffle weave design adds a touch of organic elegance to any space.  Sold in sets of two complimentary colors. Dimensions:29"L x 2

This is my contribution to the waffle weave on a RH loom. The project is from a Weaving Today free e-book. This was a very pleasant experience. I followed the exact instructions. 2.5 metres of warp resulted in 5 towels (apx. 24x40 cm).

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I love weaving on my Rigid Heddle Loom and I love making towels! Stripes, plaid, checkered and now waffle weave! You can’t imagine how excited I was when I realized that waffle weave can be a…

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JoLanda asked about waffle weave, how to do twill and waffle at the same time. There are a number of options. If you want waffle and twill i...

It's kind of funny (to me anyways) but the main thing I wanted to weave when I got my rigid heddle loom is dish towels. After experimenting with thinner 8/2 cotton yarn I decided to try a thicker 3/2 Valley yarn. I also wanted to try doing a waffle weave. Several tutorials and you tube videos later (and another WEBS order for yarn and a pick up stick) I started weaving and loved the results! After I took it off the loom and washed & dried it I was even happier. The waffle weave makes for nice, thick, useful dishtowels! After I got these done, I still had enough warp to make 2 more towels but no more green for the weft. I decided to do the other two with inexpensive cotton yarn from Walmart that I had on hand. I also chose to finish the ends of these with bias binding instead of just hemming them on my sewing machine. Although they are not as soft as the better quality yarn, they are still great towels! And I love the way the colors blended. These have all been gifted (green ones for Mom's green kitchen for Mother's day, the others birthday gifts for friends) And I've ordered more yarn from WEBS so there will be more towels to come!

So, the blogosphere and socialmediasphere for weavers and fiber folks has been swirling with the scent of waffles. So to speak. I’ve been catching glimpses of Waffle Weave in from four to eig…

A waffle weave textures our oversized throws to create a cozy classic. Creamy ivory lines offer crisp contrast to the fawn brown grid, creating an elevated pinstripe pattern. The organic cotton blanket is stonewashed for extra softness so it's comfortable cuddled up with as a throw or layered with our other bedding in the same hues. Organic Cotton 80"x80" Fawn Brown Striped Waffle Oversized Throw Blanket 80" sq. 100% organic cotton ½" hems Machine wash cold, tumble dry; cool iron as needed Do not bleach or dry clean Made in Portugal