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Pictionary by Marcy Petrini ©2018, photos by Terry Dwyer, for personal use only [email protected] 10/1/18 Swedish Lace Swedish lace is a unit or grouped weave with two blocks on 4 shafts. The width and length of the block is not fixed, but limited by the floats. While one block weaves weft floats, the other block can weave plain weave or warp floats; the other side of the fabric shows the alternate floats. Blocks are often repeated with plain weave in between. Plain weave can be woven across and down the length of the fabric.The drawdown below shows the possible options. The fabic is a sampler showing various arrangements of the blocks.
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Pictionary by Marcy Petrini ©2018, photos by Terry Dwyer, for personal use only [email protected] 10/1/18
Swedish Lace
Swedish lace is a unit or grouped weave with two blocks on 4 shafts. The width and length of the
block is not fixed, but limited by the floats. While one block weaves weft floats, the other block
can weave plain weave or warp floats; the other side of the fabric shows the alternate floats.
Blocks are often repeated
with plain weave in
between. Plain weave can
be woven across and down
the length of the fabric.The
drawdown below shows the
possible options. The fabic
is a sampler showing
various arrangements of the
blocks.