INterlacing Part 1
Exploring Interlacing Part 1
Thursday, June 19, 2025
1D20
Thursday, June 19, 2025
1D20
A number of North American pre-Columbian textiles have a structure of oblique interlacing.
Belts from around the Great Lakes region feature a 1-1 interlacing. A sash made from dog hair in the Mesa Verde collection has a 2-2 twill structure.
Threads in an interlacing structure travel over and under other threads, moving from one selvedge to the other. The resulting cloth looks like woven cloth, but is worked on the bias. No loom is required to create this cloth. We use a pair of sticks to maintain order for the initial set of threads and we use the fingers to manipulate the threads. The structure lends itself to both free-end braiding and sprang (in which case you need to bring your frame).
We will explore the method to create this cloth, beginning with 1-1 interlacing and with a set of threads already set up by the instructor. We explore set-up options after completing the first piece.
Leave with a set of straps of different interlaced structure. Participants are encouraged to set up a project for future work, a pair of fingerless mittens, or a rectangle of cloth for scarf or bag.
Belts from around the Great Lakes region feature a 1-1 interlacing. A sash made from dog hair in the Mesa Verde collection has a 2-2 twill structure.
Threads in an interlacing structure travel over and under other threads, moving from one selvedge to the other. The resulting cloth looks like woven cloth, but is worked on the bias. No loom is required to create this cloth. We use a pair of sticks to maintain order for the initial set of threads and we use the fingers to manipulate the threads. The structure lends itself to both free-end braiding and sprang (in which case you need to bring your frame).
We will explore the method to create this cloth, beginning with 1-1 interlacing and with a set of threads already set up by the instructor. We explore set-up options after completing the first piece.
Leave with a set of straps of different interlaced structure. Participants are encouraged to set up a project for future work, a pair of fingerless mittens, or a rectangle of cloth for scarf or bag.
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We begin with 1-1 Interlacing.
This structure looks like plain weave, turned 45 degrees. It can be created using a couple of different approaches |
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The easiest directions have you working from right-to-left, and then, using the same directions working from left-to-right
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You can create the same structure, always working from right-to-left, the way a strongly right-handed person wants to work.
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It can be difficult to create an even, perfectly balanced cloth with the 1-1 interlacing method. Another structure, the 2-2 interlacing is far more forgiving, and it's much easier to create a satisfying product.
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As with the 1-1 interlacing, there are different ways to create the same structure.
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You might work right-to-left, and then, using the same instructions, work left-to-right. This is the ambidextrous method
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For those who cannot work ambidextrously, yes, there is a right-handed method. With this approach you always work right-to-left
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Yes, there's a video that shows you how.
Click on the image at the right for a video showing you how to create the over 2, under 2 interlace sprang structure. The video was prepared for the 2021 Braid Society Sprang-a-long. 00:00 Instructions for working right-to-left, and then left-to-right. 05:47 Instructions for always working in the same right-to-left direction. 09:23 Finishing technique instructions, inserting a weft line |
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