Color Striping Houndstooth Wrap Weaving Pattern by Josh Steger - Digital Download

I wove this houndstooth wrap years ago, and people have been asking me how to make it ever since, so here is the pattern to make your very own! A cream sparkle yarn and a self-striping yarn trade places 2 ends and 2 picks at a time in plain weave on a rigid heddle loom. As the self-striping yarn changes color, the houndstooth shifts with it, moving from dark to light like a gradient plaid. Every wrap comes out a little different. The ends are hemstitched on the loom and finished with twisted fringe.

Digital Download: This listing is for a PDF of the pattern. After checkout, you will receive an email with a link to download it. Yarn and loom are sold separately.

Craft: Rigid heddle weaving, plain weave
Skill Level: Confident beginner, comfortable warping a rigid heddle loom and ready to weave with 2 shuttles
Finished Size: Approximately 14" (35.5 cm) wide by 72" (183 cm) long, plus twisted fringe

Project Plan

• Sett: 8 ends per inch (EPI) and 8 picks per inch (PPI), balanced plain weave
• Warp: 118 ends (60 ends of Color A and 58 ends of Color B), 3 yds (2.75 m) long, 14.75" (37.5 cm) wide in the reed
• Color order: 2 ends and 2 picks of each color, with a weaving draft and warp and weft color charts included

Yarn

Color A, light worsted cotton sparkle blend: 379 yds (347 m)

• Natural Cotton Sparkle 4/6 by Círculo in Sparkle Golden, 400 g / 474 yds (433 m): 1 ball
• Gabrielle by Louisa Harding, 100 g / 371 yds (339 m): 2 balls

Color B, medium weight self-striping or color-shift yarn: 369 yds (339 m)

• Uneek Worsted by Urth Yarns, 100 g / 220 yds (200 m): 2 hanks
• 220 Superwash Aran Wave by Cascade Yarns, 100 g / 150 yds (137 m): 3 skeins

The yarns in the original sample are no longer available. The pattern explains how self-striping yarn behaves in the warp and the weft, so you can choose your own pairing with confidence.

Equipment

• Schacht Cricket Loom 15" with an 8-dent reed, or the Ashford SampleIt Loom 40 cm (16") with its 7.5-dent reed. The pattern includes a 110-end option for the 7.5-dent reed.
• 2 stick shuttles, warping peg, 2 clamps, threading hook, and a fringe twister
• Tapestry needle, waste yarn in a contrasting color, removable stitch markers, ruler or tape measure, scissors, and curved embroidery scissors

Included in the Pattern

• A complete project plan worked out on our Calculating Warp and Weft worksheet, in imperial and metric
• Weaving draft with warp and weft color order charts
• Step-by-step special techniques: direct warping with two colors, carrying colors along the selvedge, hemstitching, and twisted fringe
• Wet finishing and care instructions

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