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\"latvian<\/a>Beautiful bands with a thousand uses. Many cultures weave bands but few weave them with the style of Scandinavia and Latvia. The materials needed to weave these bands<\/a> are simple and readily obtainable. \"double<\/a>There are groups dedicated to this type of weaving. The Braid Society<\/a> in Europe and TWIST<\/a> in the United States.<\/p>\n

On the society websites you can find galleries of woven bands and instructions on how to get started weaving in this tradition. I also found a course being offered by the North House Folk School in Minnesota in May of 2013 <\/a>that you may be interested in taking if you are in the area.<\/p>\n

While the bands are traditionally woven on backstrap\u00a0 looms they also can be reproduced on a standard loom if you happen to have one handy. \"sash<\/a> The image on the left is\u00a0 a Latvian design that I wove in a wide band on my AVL loom. The most important consideration\u00a0 to remember is that a pattern thread is twice the thickness of the ground thread. A traditional belt, band or sash is often woven using wool. My experiment was woven in cotton.<\/p>\n

I have also been able to weave this style of band on my Morgan loom without using a rigid heddle or tablet cards.<\/p>\n

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I was able to make use of red and white beads to identify pattern threads and modified my draft to make weaving easier for me.<\/p>\n

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Here is a copy of the draft that I made for weaving the belt.<\/p>\n

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