Three-Color Pickup on Inkle Loom
With Annie MacHale
Three-Color Pickup is a more complex version of Speckled Background/Baltic pickup.
We will look at examples, discuss variations, learn to read and create charts for the designs. Students will set up their looms and weave a sampler of patterns
For experienced inkle weavers only. Students must know how to warp their loom on their own and be familiar and comfortable doing Baltic-style pickup on the inkle loom.
- Skill level Advanced
- Age appropriate Not specified
- Students should bring Inkle Loom, 30 heddles, sharp scissors, stick or belt shuttle, note taking materials, optional laptop or tablet to access design software, cotton yarn that you would like to use, otherwise instructor will have some available. Bag lunch, drinks, snacks for yourself.
Instructor
Annie MacHaleAt the age of seventeen, Annie MacHale first discovered the inkle loom, sparking a lifelong love affair. She built her first loom in 1976 with the help of her dad and a library book. Since then, she’s woven miles of bands, including over 1,200 guitar straps. She loves to play with colors and patterns and the inkle loom provides a very satisfying way to do this.
Annie is known to many through her blog, ASpinnerWeaver.com. The popularity of her patterns shared there led to the 2019 publication of a book, “In Celebration of Plain Weave: Color and Design Inspiration for Inkle Weavers”. This was followed by another book in 2021, “Three-Color Pickup for Inkle Weavers: A Modern Look at an Ancient Baltic-Style Technique,” in which she shares a rare, older Lithuanian technique that has fallen out of use. In her workshops she shares her decades of experience as a weaver working exclusively on inkle looms, her unique insight into working with color, and her discovery of three-color pickup.
