Weaving Techniques || Hem Stitch on a Circular Weave

Earlier this week, I was reflecting a little on how weaving a technique on a regular straight warp can change a lot when woven on a circular warp. In today’s post, I tried using the hem stitch on a circular weave and I really like the design it made. I plan to keep experimenting with this little weave and see what else I could make with the hem stitch. If you want to also try this, here are the steps I followed:

step 1| weave a few rows of the plain weave around the center of your loom.

step 2| once you have the number of rows you like, take your yarn thread and cross over the front of a grouping of warp threads. I brought my thread over the front of 6 warp strings.

step 3| from around the front of the warp threads, pull the yarn around the back and across the front again. Pulling the string tight so it makes a grouping of the warp threads.

step 4| while holding the thread tight with one hand, use your tapestry needle to pull the thread through the back of the weave under the plain stitch row.

step 5| pull tight to secure the thread

step 6| now continue with the next grouping of warp threads, looping the yarn around and securing through the plain weave row. Repeating until you have grouped all warp threads.

The final weave looks like a flower and you can see how the warp threads group together. As I said I’m going to keep playing around with this and see what else can be done. I’ll have to share my progress in a later post…I’m thinking this might need some color.

If you’re wondering how to try your own circular weaving, I have a lot of posts on that here.

Happy Weaving!

Kate

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