The Sigga heddle produces pattern with ‘jumping’ pattern threads. The heddle will be ready warped, but you will be able to choose the colour of your pattern threads. The Sigga heddle takes up to 16 pattern threads and up to 55 background threads.
A back strap will be provided as part of the workshop equipment. In this workshop you will learn to weave a Sámi belt with a traditional Sámi pattern using a Sigga heddle. Scissors, pen/pencil and colored pencils, notebook. For the second technique the equipment is the same, but the thread warp and weft should be white lambswool. But u nlike backstrap weaving, four string heddles create two layer s w h ich will be joined by the weft and the band become s a tubular structure (like a shoelace), traditionally used as a belt.Įach student brings: Two G-clamps, metallic thread for the weft and cotton or wool thread for the warp (none of these should be very thin). T he weaving process is some what like backstrap and you will learn to make string heddles. Kosti bafi (kosti weaving) : This a very unique way of weaving a sacred and symbolic belt. This a very simple but so elegant band for ornamenting and it has been used for such function in our country f or centuries. In fact there is no shed and only the warp keep s the brocade weft in place. B ut in this special technique the weft, w h ich is a double or tripled metal thread, wrap s around one or more warp s (depend ing on the thickness of the warp) and appear s on the surface of the band as a brocade. Tof bafi (Tof weaving): Normally in the process of weaving we have two basic elements (warp and weft) and a shed is the space between the warp that according to a draft, the weft will pass through and, by interchanging the warps, a cloth or a band will be made. Shahla will explain two traditional Iranian band weaving techniques, and I will show samples and pictures of their use :
0 kommentar(er)
