Inkle Weaving Pictures

All the pictures from this page (except where noted) are scans of the actual inkle. I mean, I really placed the strip of inkle weaving directly on my flatbed scanner and scanned it. The "except where noted" ones are scans of photos because I am no longer in posession of those pieces (seems I give away more than I keep).

Scroll to the bottom of this page to see construction photos of a vest I made with inkles.

If you click on any of the thumbnails, you'll get the full-size picture. The size of each of the pictures is at the end of the descriptions.

	This was an interesting piece to do. On a separate weft of sewing thread, I strung up a bunch of beads. As I passed my regular weft, I also passed the weft containing the beads and dropped a bead at each pass. (27K)		The gold in this piece is actually a bundle of ten (10) strands of a flat foil-covered polyester that is very light weight and durable. The black is a 16/2 cotton. (30K)
	This is the same black and gold as the one above. This is a scanned photo of how it looked while it was on the loom. (37K)		This piece was woven using 10/2 cotton. I wanted to try doing a brocade so I chose the badge of the SCA's Middle Kingdom. The green design is a dragon (in case you can't tell <g>). (35K)
	This is one of two pictures of this Celtic Knotwork design. The colors are better in this picture. This was woven using 8/2 cotton. (29K)		This second picture of the Celtic Knotwork design (scanned from a photo) shows both the front and the back of the design. (38K)
	I just had to put this one in here. This was the very first inkle I ever wove. Some day, I want to make it into a strap for a bag that my loom will fit into. It took me a day to do this first one. (38K)		This is one of two laurel leaf designs I have on this page. This one was done using heavy tow linen. (34K)
	This scanned photo of the laurel leaf design was the first time I did it. This one was done using 22/2 cotton. (35K)		Here is a scanned photo of a design done with 20/2 cotton. The diamond shapes are known, in heraldic terms, as "lozengy". (31K)
	This particular inkle is done with single ply (size 10) silk. The purple part of the design was dyed by me using logwood. (25K)		This is one of my favorite patterns to weave because is goes so fast for me and looks good. I like to do this one for gifts. This is done in 8/2 cotton. (28K)
	This one isn't inkle weaving. This is a tablet woven design but I thought I'd put it in here too. (34K)

Vest constructed of inkle bands

Click on the thumbnail images to view a larger version of the image


Picture of the whole vest.	Picture through the armhole.	Hand-sewn hemline.

Back of vest showing butt-sewn inkles.	Close-up of the braided tie.	Inside and outside of hemline.

Inkle Weaving Pictures

This was an interesting piece to do. On a separate weft of sewing thread, I strung up a bunch of beads. As I passed my regular weft, I also passed the weft containing the beads and dropped a bead at each pass. (27K)

The gold in this piece is actually a bundle of ten (10) strands of a flat foil-covered polyester that is very light weight and durable. The black is a 16/2 cotton. (30K)

This is the same black and gold as the one above. This is a scanned photo of how it looked while it was on the loom. (37K)

This piece was woven using 10/2 cotton. I wanted to try doing a brocade so I chose the badge of the SCA's Middle Kingdom. The green design is a dragon (in case you can't tell <g>). (35K)

This is one of two pictures of this Celtic Knotwork design. The colors are better in this picture. This was woven using 8/2 cotton. (29K)

This second picture of the Celtic Knotwork design (scanned from a photo) shows both the front and the back of the design. (38K)

I just had to put this one in here. This was the very first inkle I ever wove. Some day, I want to make it into a strap for a bag that my loom will fit into. It took me a day to do this first one. (38K)

This is one of two laurel leaf designs I have on this page. This one was done using heavy tow linen. (34K)

This scanned photo of the laurel leaf design was the first time I did it. This one was done using 22/2 cotton. (35K)

Here is a scanned photo of a design done with 20/2 cotton. The diamond shapes are known, in heraldic terms, as "lozengy". (31K)

This particular inkle is done with single ply (size 10) silk. The purple part of the design was dyed by me using logwood. (25K)

This is one of my favorite patterns to weave because is goes so fast for me and looks good. I like to do this one for gifts. This is done in 8/2 cotton. (28K)

This one isn't inkle weaving. This is a tablet woven design but I thought I'd put it in here too. (34K)

Vest constructed of inkle bands