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Warpface Lightning Pattern ---- [Part 2]
(Worked right to left.)
(Even numbered lightning warp strand in bottom layer of the shed.)

Warpface Lightning Pattern -- [Part 2] (Worked right to left.)[YouTube]

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Row 1:
Pass the [part 1] weft strand through the [part 1] shed.
    The first background color warp strand on the right hand side becomes the Row 1 [part 1] weft strand.
    [NOTE] The Row 1 [part 1] shed is made up of the warp strands fron the right hand edge of the work-piece to the sixth lightning color warp strand.

    Pass the [part 1] weft strand through the [part 1] shed to the the sixth lightning color strand.
[figure-24] [click here to see video]

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Row 1:
Interlock the [part 1] weft strand and the sixth lightning color strand.
  • [OBSERVE] The [part 1] weft strand is folded down over the sixth lightning color warp strand.


  • The sixth lightning color warp strand becomes the Row 1 [part 2] weft strand.
[figure-25][click here to see video]

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Row 1:
Pass the [part 2] weft strand through the [part 2] shed.
    Secure the Row 1 [part 2] weft strand by placing the [part 1] weft strand in the top layer of the shed.

    [NOTE] The Row 1 [part 2] shed is made up of the Row 1 warp strands from the first Row 1 interlock to the sixth background color warp strand on the left hand side of the work-piece.

Then pass the [part 2] weft strand through the [part 2] shed to the sixth warp strand of the background color. 		[figure-26][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 down over the sixth background color warp strand.

  • The sixth background color warp strand becomes the [part 3] weft strand.
[figure-27][click here to see video]

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Row 1:
Pass the [part 3] weft strand through the [part 3] shed.
    Secure the Row 1 [part 3] weft strand by placing the Row 1 [part 2] weft strand over the index finger of the right hand.

    Then pass the Row 1 [part 3] weft strand through the Row 1 [part 3] shed to the right hand edge of the work-piece.
[[figure-28]figure-28] [click here to see video]

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Row 1:
Secure the [part 3] weft strand.
    Place the [part 3] weft strand under the index finger of the left hand.

    Place the adjacent [part 3] warp strand over the index finger of the left hand.

    Then transfer the Row 1 shed to the index figer of the left hand.
[figure-29][click here to see video]

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Row 1:
Reverse the shed and set the weave.
    As each warp strand is transfered to the right hand index finger, the warp strand is moved to the opposite shed layer.

    Set the weave;

      Pull the shed layers in opposite directions.

      Check to make sure that all warp strands are snug and even.

    [NOTE] Make sure that the warp strands follow their over/under configuration and that they remain parallel to each other.
[figure-30][click here to see video]

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

    Pass the [part 1] weft strand through the [part 1] shed to the fifth warp strand of the lightning color.
[figure-31][click here to see video]

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Row 2:
Interlock the Row 2 [part 1] weft strand and the fifth lightning color warp strand.

    [OBSERVE] The [part 1] weft strand is folded down over the fifth lightning color warp strand.

    The fifth lightning color warp strand becomes the Row 2 [part 2] weft strand.
[figure-32][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 placing the [part 1] weft strand in the top layer of the shed.

    Then pass the [part 2] weft strand through the [part 2] shed to the fifth background color warp strand.
[figure-33][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 down over the fifth background color warp strand.

    The fifth background color warp strand becomes the Row 2: [part 3] weft strand.
[figure-34][click here to see video]

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Row 2:
Pass the [part 3] weft strand through the [part 3] shed.
    Secure the Row 2 [part 3] weft strand by placing the Row 2 [part 2] weft strand in the top layer of the Row 2 [part 2] shed.

    Then pass the Row 2 [part 3] weft strand through the Row 2 [part 3] shed to the left hand edge of the work-piece.
[figure-35][click here to see video]

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Row 2:
Secure the [part 3] weft strand .
    Moving the last background color warp strand to the bottom layer of the Row 2 [part 3] shed.

    Then transfer the Row 2 shed to the index finger of the left hand.
[figure-36][click here to see video]

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Row 2:
Reverse the shed and set the weave.
    As each warp strand is transfered to the right hand index finger, the warp strand is moved to the opposite shed layer.

    Set the weave;

      Pull the shed layers in opposite directions.

      Check to make sure that all warp strands are snug and even.

    [NOTE] Make sure that the warp strands follow their over/under configuration and that they remain parallel to each other.
[figure-37][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 color strands band.
[figure-38][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 color strands band.
[figure-39][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 color strands band.
[figure-40][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 color strands 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
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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-42][click here to see video]

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