Colour & Weave Gamp
The pattern is featured in the “Colour & Weave on Rigid Heddle Loom” course with Amanda Wood.
The pattern is intended to be used alongside the class. As I was learning to use this yarn I tried different setts and played with multiple ways of creating colour and weave effects.
For our gamp we are going to create 25 squares of pattern in one piece of cloth. From here we can plan any number of combinations in our next piece of weaving or we can choose to do another gamp that explores one pattern in multiple ways.
Tromp as writ is a weaving shorthand which means treadle as written. Treadling on the rigid heddle loom refers to the up/down position of the heddle and as written refers to the threading sequence. In this case it simply means we want to weave the weft colours in the same order as they are laid out in the warp.
Colour & Weave Gamp by Amanda Wood
Skill Level: Intermediate
Finished Measurements
- Relaxed, off the loom, before wet-finishing: 8.9″ / 22.6 cm wide x 12″ / 30.5 cm.
- Wet-finished dimensions: 7.5″ / 19 cm wide x 10″ / 25 cm long
Materials
- Warp & Weft: 3 cones of Gist Yarn Beam 3/2 organic cotton in contrasting colours, 1 each in Natural (yarn L), Licorice (yarn D), and Dandelion (yarn S, contrast colour) (630 yd / 576 m per 8 oz / 227 g cone; 100% organic cotton).
Equipment & Tools
- rigid heddle loom with a minimum 9″ / 23 cm weaving width, 12.5-dent reed
- 3 boat shuttles or stick shuttles, 3 bobbins and bobbin winder (if you are using a boat shuttle), reed hook, medium weight paper the width of the loom, waste yarn for warp separating, scissors, yarn needle, measuring tape
Note: If weaving in floor loom, add extra loom waste allowance.
Structure
- Weave Structure: plain-weave with colour and weave
- Warp Length: 36″ / 91 cm long (includes 24″ / 61 cm take-up, loom waste, fringe)
- Warp Ends: 134
- Ends Per Inch (EPI): 12.5
- Picks Per Inch (PPI): 12.5
- Width in Loom: 12″ / 30.5 cm
