Adventures in Pattern Drafting

 I am experimenting with pattern drafting with my rigid heddle loom, as the reed on my my 4-harness table loom is still desperately needing to be derustified. (And, I have no idea how to put it back to gether currently.)

I had started with 1 heddle and a pick-up stick, based on patterns from the book by Jane Patrick, The Weavers' Idea Book. It was nice, but once the pick-up stick fell out, I cut it off and decided to try something else.

Mach 2 sample, I used double threading per the advice of Theresa and , and my sample width is sufficiently wider to prevent the tensioning issues from side to center. Now it all stays roughly the same tension and only narrows by about 1" on each side from the heddle to the body of the weaving.

I will post full pattern notes on this with more pics once it's done, but for now, I will show you the first three: alternate warp color threading with white to heddle 1 and 3, and brown threads to heddle 2. All sections have the same repeat of heddle 1, 2, 3, 2, 1. The bottom section is with white weft, the middle with alternating white and brown weft, and the top with brown weft only.