Today_s_Quilter_-_November_2019

Fig (^6) Herringboneweave
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ESSENTIALGUIDElfabricstripweaving
1
Instructionsanddiagrams
aregivenhereforthe
patternshowninFig 6. The
measurementsgivenmakea
large21insquareblock.The
stripswerepreparedastube
stripswithoutsideseams.
Threemaincolourswereused
inonewidth,andonedark
colourina narrowerwidth:
QBlue,pinkandmauvestrips

• sixstripsofeach,cut 3 in
  x 24inandpreparedto make
  strips 1 inwide.
  QDarkbrownstrips– twenty
  strips,cut2inx 24inand
  prepared to make strips in
  wide.

2

Preparea baseboardat least

25insquareandpina 25in

squareoffusibleinterfacingon

top,shinysideup(notshown

inthediagrams).Arrangethree

blue,threepinkandthree

mauvestrips,asshowninFig

6A, withtendarkbrownstrips

betweenthemandat thetop

andbottom.Pinthemtothe

baseboardandrotatetheboard

so these strips run vertically.

3

Begintheweavingwitha

darkbrownstrip.InFig6B,

thehorizontalstripcoloursare

showninlightershades,sothe

weaving is easier to see. The

colouredarrowheadsalongthe

diagrambaseshowtheverticals

tocount.Workonerepeatfrom

thebottomup,asfollows:

QBrownstrip 1 – over3,

under2,over4,under2,

over4,under2,over2.

QPinkstrip 1 – under1, over

2,under4,over2,under 4,

over2,under4.

QBrownstrip 2 – under

1, over4,under2,over4,

under2,over4,under2.

QMauvestrip 1 – under

3,over2,under4,over2,

under4,over2,under2.

QBrownstrip 3 – under

3,over4,under2,over 4,

under2,over4.

QBluestrip 1 – over1, under

4,over2,under4,over 2,

under 4, over 2.

Nestlethestripstogetherand

pinthemintoplaceat eachside

edge.Continuethispattern

andrepeatit twicemore,asin

Fig6C, andadda finalbrown

stripat thetop(over3,under2,

over4,under 2, over 4, under

2, over 2).

4

Presstheworktofuseit

totheinterfacing,remove

fromtheboardandtrimto

leaveainseam allowance

(Fig6D).

A

B

C

D

HERRINGBONE WEAVE

Onceyouhavemasteredbasicweaving,youcanbe moreadventurous.Thisherringbonepattern

is a little trickier, but it has a regular repeat to it. Instructions are for right-handed weaving.

Pattern

repeat

Work over counted verticals

Repeat

Repeat

Pattern

repeat