Handwoven – September 2019

10 

Zigzag stitch along the top and bottom right at the

line where the wool yarn starts on each end.

SEWING

1 

Using the handwoven fabric as a cutting guide, cut out

pieces of lining fabric and interfacing in the same shape

and size as the woven fabric. Press fusible interfacing to the

wrong side of the lining fabric.

2 

Fold the handwoven fabric in half, right sides together,

and sew the side seams with a ½" seam allowance. Do

the same with the lining fabric.

3 

With the wrong side still out, fl atten the bottom corners

on both the handwoven and lining fabric bags with the

side seams centered on the bottom fold. Determine the width

you want the bottom to be and sew across the points to cre-

ate a fl at bottom.

4 

Turn both bags right side out and steam-press the folds

in the ends and bottom to give the bag shape.

5 

Attach the handles to each side of the handwoven fabric

bag.

6 

Turn the top of the lining under ½" to the wrong side

and press. Insert the lining into the bag with the right

side of the lining on the inside of the bag, wrong sides of the

lining and handwoven fabric together.

7 

Turn under ½" of the handwoven fabric toward the

inside of the bag. Handsew the handwoven fabric to the

lining. Steam-press the top fold fl at.

8 

Washing is not recommended. Use a damp cloth for

spot cleaning.

CONSTANCE HALL weaves and spins and finds the whole process magical.

It’s the doing of it.

1. Weft color order

1x

4x

65x repeat

for center

25x

End 25x

#601 Pepper

#740 Snow

#N03 Grey Heather

co

nt

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abc

Start

Each row in this chart

represents 3 picks, a, b, and c,

as outlined in the pick-up

weaving sequence in step 8.

Use the colors as indicated in

the columns for each pick.

• To understand how krokbragd works, it’s helpful to think of it as
  weaving a picture made up of pixels. The fi rst pick, heddle up
  and pick-up stick A engaged, lays down 25 percent of the pix-
  els. The second pick with the heddle up and string heddles
  engaged leaves 25 percent more pixels. The last pick, with the
  heddle down, fi lls in the last 50 percent of the pixels, making up
  1 row. It takes all 3 picks to fi ll in 1 row of the pattern.


• When a warp thread is down, the yarn pixel will be on the sur-
  face. When the warp thread is up, the weft pick goes under and
  will be hidden, not contributing to the pixels. The weaving
  sequence never changes. The colors may change, but never the
  weaving sequence.


• If you are changing colors often, good edges can be a chal-
  lenge when weaving krokbragd. This bag is a good fi rst project
  to practice on because the edges will be hidden in the seam
  allowances. Run inactive weft up the side if it will be used again
  in the next row, but if you won’t be using it for a few rows, cut it,
  leaving a 6" tail to be woven in later.


• If your weft doesn’t catch the selvedge end, loop the shuttle
  around the end before putting the shuttle into the shed.


• Bubble your weft generously to fully cover the warp and reduce
  draw-in.

TIPS FOR WEAVING KROKBRAGD

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