FREE INKLE BAND PATTERN

Designed by Kelly Casanova 2020

I hope you enjoy this free pattern!

This band can be woven by beginners, but I strongly recommend that you watch my Inkle series on Youtube first, which will show you how to set up your loom, change colours and weave on your inkle loom.

You can find that video here.

You can get away with weaving this band on an Inklette loom, I wove the project on my Inkle loom.

If you are interested in using the exact same yarns that I have for this project, here are the details:

8/2 Maurice Brassard unmercerised cotton in Navy

8/2 Maurice Brassard unmercerised cotton in Fuchsia

8/2 Maurice Brassard unmercerised cotton in Limette pale

8/2 Maurice Brassard unmercerised cotton in Peacock

8/2 Maurice Brassard unmercerised cotton in Jaune Fonce (yellow)

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Step 1. Warp your loom using either the weaving draft or the colour warping instructions on the next page. I warped my loom for the shortest warp, which gave me a band of 59 x almost but not quite 1.5 inches.

Total number of warp threads is 80. Remember to place a heddle on every second thread as you go, it saves a lot of time!

Step 2. Separate your warp with small pieces of cardboard separators.

Step 3. Wind your belt shuttle with NAVY.

Step 4. Weave your band until the original knots reach the top peg above the heddles and you can’t advance any more.

Step 5. Release tension, cut your band off the loom and secure your raw edges (I serge them).

Step 6. You do not need to wet finish, but you can press your band with a warm iron on the cotton setting if it needs a little help to sit flat. Your band is now ready to use!

Pattern Draft

Warping Colour Order

Begin by warping:

8 navy 2 green 4 navy 1 peacock 1 navy 1 peacock

1 navy 1 peacock 1 navy 1 peacock 5 navy 5 fuschia 1 peacock 2 fuchsia 3 yellow 1 navy 5 yellow 1 navy 2 yellow 2 fuchsia 1 peacock 5 fuchsia 4 navy 1 peacock 1 navy 1 peacock 1 navy 1 peacock 1 navy 1 peacock 5 navy 2 green 8 navy