The structure of Huck Lace provides a treasure trove of design for weavers. It is a shaft-efficient weave structure where an 8-shaft loom can produce six blocks of design; and a 4-shaft loom can produce a myriad of different ways to combine 16 different textures of warp/weft floats with plain weave. Through Powerpoint Presentations, weavers will learn how “blocks” or units of huck lace are threaded on four and eight shafts, and how they can be combined to expand design possibilities. Discussions and Design Sessions will focus on converting a profile draft into a threading and treadling plan, and how literally thousands of designs can be created within a single threading by changing the tie-up. Participants will use printed Design Pages, Transparent Overlays, and a Huck Lace Template from Neilson’s book … An Exaltation of Blocks … to explore thousands of design possibilities for 6-block Huck Lace.

Kongō Gumi is a very strong, 16-element braid whose 1,160 layouts can be used to create never-before-seen patterns in both Naiki and Naiki Gaeshi. The initial set-up for the two braids is identical where sixteen elements are arranged into eight pairs on the Marudai mirror, but the moves to make the braids differ. Naiki is a hollow braid which is flattened, whereas Kongō Gumi is a very solid round braid. If the movements of Naiki are repeated twice, a round braid known as Naiki Gaeshi emerges. The patterns differ dramatically between flat Naiki and round Naiki Gaeshi. In this workshop, braiders will make two samplers starting with an 8-element braid in the middle of the elements. The braid will be folded in half to form a loop. The remaining eight tama will be attached to continue braiding, using Kongō layouts to see how they affect both versions of Naiki.

The structure of Huck Lace provides a treasure trove of design for weavers. It is a shaft-efficient weave structure where an 8-shaft loom can produce six blocks of design; and a 4-shaft loom can produce a myriad of different ways to combine 16 different textures of warp/weft floats with plain weave.Through Powerpoint Presentations, weavers will learn how “blocks” or units of huck lace are threaded on four and eight shafts, and how they can be combined to expand design possibilities. Discussions and Design Sessions will focus on converting a profile draft into a threading and treadling plan, and how literally thousands of designs can be created within a single threading by changing the tie-up. Participants will use printed Design Pages, Transparent Overlays, and a Huck Lace Template from Neilson’s book … An Exaltation of Blocks … to explore thousands of design possibilities for 6-block Huck Lace.

The structure of Huck Lace provides a treasure trove of design for weavers. It is a shaft-efficient weave structure where an 8-shaft loom can produce six blocks of design; and a 4-shaft loom can produce a myriad of different ways to combine 16 different textures of warp/weft floats with plain weave.Through Powerpoint Presentations, weavers will learn how “blocks” or units of huck lace are threaded on four and eight shafts, and how they can be combined to expand design possibilities. Discussions and Design Sessions will focus on converting a profile draft into a threading and treadling plan, and how literally thousands of designs can be created within a single threading by changing the tie-up. Participants will use printed Design Pages, Transparent Overlays, and a Huck Lace Template from Neilson’s book … An Exaltation of Blocks … to explore thousands of design possibilities for 6-block Huck Lace.