While taking my first tapestry weaving course, I was introduced to the beauty of wedge weave! I’m intrigued by it’s simplicity and the varied results we can achieve by altering line thickness and color. This will be my first attempt at wedge weave.

I am using various fibers, including Lamb’s Pride worsted weight that I hand dyed using onion skins, brazilwood and madder root, as well as other stash yarns.

“An unusual variant of the Transitional blanket, known as Wedge Weave, became a minor fad in the 1880s and 1890s. In the wedge weave technique, the warp threads (those strung on the loom) are pulled to the diagonal so that the weft threads create diagonal stripes. After weaving several inches of fabric in this manner, the wefts are then pulled to the diagonal in the opposite direction, resulting in zig-zag bands of diagonal bars or stripes. In some cases, Navajo weavers alternated wedge woven bands with bands of straight weave in a single blanket. Because of the pulled warps, the sides of wedge weave blankets are wavy rather than straight; a characteristic which helps identify true wedge weaves.” (information on wedge weave from THIS website)

More information can be found HERE