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Grosgrain Ribbon: Close Plain Weave with a Heavy Weft
Grosgrain is a firm, closely woven plain weave with a heavier weft than warp, which gives it ribs running across the width. It is used for hat bands, facings and waistbands. Historically it was silk or wool; this one is cotton, woven narrow on a rigid heddle loom.
The picture: grosgrain ribbons (Wikimedia Commons).
Intermediate
Two evenings
Instructions
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1
The thread and twine
The thread and twine
Spinning the fine warp thread and the heavier twine used as weft.
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2
Measure the warp
Measure the warp
For a ribbon 2.5 cm wide and 3 m long, wind enough fine warp threads to fill 2.5 cm of the heddle, each 3.5 m long to allow for tying on and loom waste.
Materials for this step:
Cotton Warp Thread1 as requiredTools needed:
Warping Board
Tape Measure
Ruler3
3
Thread the heddle
Thread the heddle
Centre the warp in the heddle, one end through each slot and each hole, wind on under even tension and tie on at the front.
Tools needed:
Rigid Heddle Loom4
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Weave with a heavy weft
Weave with a heavy weft
Wind the twine on the shuttle. Weave plain weave: one pass with the heddle up, one with it down, and beat each pick firmly so the weave is close and the heavy weft forms ribs across the ribbon.
Materials for this step:
Cotton Twine1 as requiredTools needed:
Rigid Heddle Loom
Shuttle5
5
Keep the edges straight
Keep the edges straight
Draw each pick snug at the edges so the ribbon keeps its width; measure the width often.
Tools needed:
Ruler6
6
Cut off and secure
Cut off and secure
Cut the ribbon off the loom and knot or stitch both ends so the weft cannot slip off.
Tools needed:
Fabric Scissors7
7
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Grosgrain troubleshooting.
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Materials
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