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Warpface Lightning Pattern --- [Part 1]
(Worked left to right.)
( Even numbered lightning warp strand in top layer of the shed.)


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Row 1: Select and pass [part 1] weft strand through [part 1] shed.
  • [NOTE] The Row 1 [part 1] shed is made up of the warp strands from the left hand edge of the work piece to the sixth lightning color warp strand.


    • The first background color warp strand on the left hand side becomes the Row 1 [part 1] weft strand.

    Then pass the [part 1] weft strand through the shed to the the sixth lightning color warp strand.
[figure-5][click here to see video]

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Row 1: Interlock the [part 1] weft strand and the 6th lightning color warp strand.

  • [OBSERVE] The [part 1] weft strand is folded up over the sixth lightning color warp strand and placed in the top layer of the shed.


  • The sixth lightning color warp strand becomes the Row 1 [part 2 ]weft strand.


  • The Row 1 [part 1] weft strand beomes a warp strand in the Row 1 [part 2] shed.
[figure-6] [click here to see video]

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Row 1: Pass the [part 2] weft strand through the Row 1 [part 2] shed.

    Secure the [part 2] weft strand by moving the [part 1] weft strand to the bottom layer of the shed.

    Then pass the [part 2] weft strand through the Row 1 [part 2] shed to the sixth background color warp strand.
[figure-7] [click here to see video]

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Row 1: Interlock the [part 2] weft strand and the sixth background color warp strand.
  • [OBSERVE] The [part 2] weft strand is folded up over the sixth background color warp strand and placed in the top layer of the shed.


  • The sixth background color warp strand becomes the [part 3] weft strand.


  • The Row 1 [part 2] weft strand becomes a Row 1 [part 3] warp strand.
[figure-8] [click here to see video]

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Row 1: Pass the [part 3] weft strand through the Row 1 [part 3] shed.

    Move the [part 2] weft strand to the bottom layer of the Row 1 [part 3] shed.

      [NOTE] This secures the [part 3] weft strand.


    Then pass the [part 3] weft strand through the Row 1 [part 3] shed to the right hand edge of the work piece.
[figure-9] [click here to see video]

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Row 1: Secure the [part 3] weft strand.

    Move the last [part 3] warp strand to the bottom layer of the [part 3] shed.

    Then transfer the Row 1 shed to the index figer of the right hand.
[figure-10] [click here to see video]

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Row 1: Reverse the Row 1 shed and set the weave.
  • [NOTE] Make sure that the warp strands follow there over/under configuration and that they remain parallel to each other.


  • [NOTE] Also check that the weft strands are pulled snug.
[figure-11] [click here to see video]

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Row 2:
Pass the Row 2 [part 1]weft strand through
the Row 2 [part 1] shed.
    The first background color warp strand on the left hand side of the work-piece becomes the Row 2 [part 1] weft strand.

    Pass the [part 1] weft strand through the Row 2 [part 1] shed to the warpstrand that is next to the interlocked strands of the previous row (the fifth lightning color warp strand).
[[figure-12] [click here to see video]

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Row 2:

Interlock the [part 1] weft strand and the fifth lightning color warp strand.

    [OBSERVE] The [part 1] weft strand is folded up over the fifth lightning color warp strand and placed in the top layer of the shed.

    The fifth lightning color warp strand becomes the [part 2] weft strand.

 [figure-13] [click here to see video]

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Row 2:

Pass the [part 2] weft strand through the [part 2] shed.
    Secure the [part 2] weft strand by moving the [part 1] weft strand to the bottom layer of the shed.

    Then pass the [part 2] weft strand through the [part 2] shed to the warp strand that is next to the interlocked strands of the previous row (the fifth background color warp strand).

    [NOTE] The Row 2 [part 1] weft strand becomes a Row 2 [part 2] warp strand.
[figure-14] [click here to see video]

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Row 2

Interlock the [part 2] weft strand and the fifth background color warp strand.
  • [OBSERVE] The [part 2] weft strand is folded up over the fifth background color warp strand and placed in the top layer of the shed.

  • The fifth background color warp strand becomes the [part 3] weft strand.
[figure-15] [click here to see video]

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Row 2:
Pass the [part 3] weft strand through the [part 3] shed.
    Secure the [part 3] weft strand by moving the [part 2] weft strand to the bottom layer of the shed.

    Then pass the [part 3] weft strand through the [part 3] shed to the right hand edge of the work piece.
[figure-16] [click here to see video]

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Row 2:

Secure the [part 3] weft strand.
    Move the last [part 3] warp strand to the bottom layer of the shed.

    Then transfer the Row 2: [part 3] shed to the index finger of the right hand.
[figure-17] [click here to see video]

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Row 2

Reverse the shed and set the weave.

    [NOTE] Make sure that the warp strands follow there over/under configuration and that they remain parallel to each other.

    [NOTE] Also check that the weft strands are pulled snug,
[figure-18] [click here to see video]

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Row 3:
Follow the procedure for weaving Row 2.
  • [NOTE] The weft strand is interlocked with the fourth strand of the adjacent warp strand color band.
[figure-19] [click here to see video]

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Row 4
Follow the procedure for weaving row 2.
  • [NOTE] The weft strand is interlocked with the third strand of the adjacent warp strand color band.
[figure-20] [click here to see video]

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Row 5
Follow the procedure for weaving row 2.
  • [NOTE] The weft strand is interlocked with the second strand of the adjacent warp strand color band.
[figure-21] [click here to see video]

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Row 6
Follow the procedure for weaving row 2.
  • [NOTE] The weft strand is interlocked with the first strand of the adjacent warp strand color band.

  • [NOTE] This completes the weaving srquence for this 12 strand lightning pattern.
  • [OBSERVE] The arangements of the strands has returned to its original sequence; 10 background, 12 lightning, 10 background.

  • [NOTE] The number of rows of weaving for this lightning pattern is equal to the number of strands of the lightning color part of the shed that the first part of the weft strand passes through to the first interlock.
total number of strands
number of rowes of weaving
10
5
12
6
14
7
16
8
[figure-22] [click here to see video]

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Start the next set of 6 rows of weaving by following the procedure for weaving row 1.

Continue adding sets of 6 rows of weaving untill the work piece reaches the desired length.

[OBSERVE] When the work pieces are turned over on a horizontal plain, the weaving patterns produced in parts 1 and 2 of this tutorial are the opposite sides if each other . However they are not mirror images. 		[figure-23] [click here to see video]

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