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The basic lightning pattern requires two colors; one color for the background and a contrasting color for the lightning stroke. However, variations in the appearance of the basic lightning patter can be achieved by introducing a third color. The third color can be introduced in several ways:
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The steps for weaving the basic lightning pattern are described in part one of this tutorial. The same weaving sequence will be used to produce the lightning pattern with contrasting border colors. |
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Row 1, First Interlock ---- Work from left to right
Select the first warp strand on the left hand side of the work-piece as the first part of row 1 weft strand. Pass the weft strand through the open shed to the sixth warp strand from the left hand edge of the lightning color warp strand band. Start the first row 1 interlock by folding the first part of the weft strand up over the sixth lightning color warp strand. Secure the interlock in place by placing the first part of the weft strand in the bottom layer of the shed. When the first part of weft strand is placed in the bottom layer of the shed it becomes a warp strand and the sixth lightning color warp strand becomes the next segment of the row 1 weft strand. |
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Row 1, second interlock
Pass the second part of the row 1 weft strand through the open shed to the sixth warp strand of the right hand background color band. Start the second row 1 interlock by folding the second part of the row 1 weft strand up over the sixth warp strand of the right hand side background color band. Secure the second interlock in place by placing the part 2 weft strand in the bottom layer of the shed. When the part 2 weft strand is placed in the bottom layer of the shed it becomes a warp strand and the sixth background color warp strand becomes the part 3 segment of the weft strand. |
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Row 1, end weaving
Pass the row 1 part 3 weft strand through the open shed to the right hand edge of the work-piece. Secure the part 3 weft strand in place by placing the part 3 weft strand in the top layer of the shed. When the part 3 weft strand is placed in the top layer of the shed it becomes a warp strand. Transfer the shed to the index finger of the right hand.
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Row 1, reverse the shed.
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Row 1, set weave
Set the weave by pulling the layers of the shed in opposite directions. Check indivual warp strands to see that they are pulled snug and even. This completes row one. This also sets the location of the weft strand interlocks in the following rows of the lightning pattern. |
[figure-10] [click here to see video] 
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Continue adding additional rows of weaving.
[NOTE] The interlocks in the additional rows are made between the weft strands and the warp strands that are adjacent to the interlocks in the previous row. For more information [NOTE] When the sixth row of weaving is completed the first segment of the lightning pattern is completed. This compiletes the first segment of the lightning pattern. [OBSERVE] The configuration of the warp strands is now the same as the beginning configuration. |
[figure-11] [click here to see video] 
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Headstick Comfiguration two color lightning band
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The steps for weaving the basic lightning pattern are described in part one of this tutorial.
The same weaving sequence will be used to produce the lightning bolt pattern with two colors. |
[figure-16]-10-6-6-10-000000.jpg)
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Row 1 First interlock
Select the first warp strand on the left hand side of the work-piece as the part 1 of the row 1 weft strand. Pass the part 1 weft strand through the open shed to the sixth warp strand from the left hand edge of the first color of the lightning band. Start the first row 1 interlock by folding the part 1 weft strand up over the sixth warp strand from the left hand edge of the first color of the lightning band. Secure the interlock in place by placing the part 1 weft strand in the bottom layer of the shed. When the part 1 weft strand is placed in the bottom layer of the shed it becomes a warp strand and the sixth warp strand from the left hand edge of the first color of the lightning band becomes the part 2 segment of the row 1 weft strand. [NOTE] The lightning color band is divided in half. The first half is one color and the second half is another color. |
[figure-17] [click here to see video] -10-6-6-10-000187.jpg)
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Row 1 Second interlock
Pass the row 1 part 2 weft strand through the open shed to the sixth warp strand of the right hand side background color band. Start the second row 1 interlock by folding the weft strand up over the sixth right hand side background color band warp strand. Secure the second interlock in place by placing the part 2 weft strand in the bottom layer of the shed. When the weft strand is placed in the bottom layer of the shed it becomes a warp strand and the sixth warp strand becomes the third segment of the weft strand. |
[figure-18] [click here to see video] -10-6-6-10-000328.jpg)
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Row 1 Complete the row of weaving.
Secure the row 1 of weaving by placing the part 3 weft strand in the top layer of the shed. When the part 3 weft strand is placed in the top layer of the shed it becomes a warp strand. |
[figure-19] [click here to see video] -10-6-6-10-000410.jpg)
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Row 1 Reverse the shed.
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[figure-20] [click here to see video] -10-6-6-10-001202.jpg)
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Row 1, Set the weave by pulling the layers of the shed in opposite directions.
Check indivual warp strands to see that they are pulled snug and even. This completes row one. This also sets the location of the weft strand interlocks in the following rows of the lightning pattern. |
[figure-21] [click here to see video] -10-6-6-10-001202.jpg)
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Continue adding additional rows of weaving.
[NOTE] When the sixth row of weaving is completed the first segment of the lightning pattern is completed. [OBSERVE] The original configuration of the warp strands was [10 brown, 6 red, 6 yellow, 10 brown]. The warp strands that make up the lightning pattern are now back together, but the color sequence is reversed [10 brown, 6 yellow, 6 red, 10 brown]. |
[figure-22] [click here to see video] -10-6-6-10-008936.jpg)
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Pattern segment 2
Continue adding additional rows of weaving. [NOTE] When the sixth row of weaving of the second pattern element is completed the second segment of the lightning pattern is completed. [OBSERVE] The configuration of the warp strands at the end of second segment of the lightning pattern.
The color sequence has returned to the original configuration [10 brown, 6 red, 6 yellow, 10 brown]. |
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Pattern segment 3
Continue adding additional rows of weaving. [NOTE] When the sixth row of weaving of the third pattern element is completed the third segment of the lightning pattern is completed. [OBSERVE] The configuration of the warp strands.
The color sequence has reversed again to [10 brown, 6 yellow, 6 red, 10 brown]. [NOTE] This alternating of the configuration of the colors of the warp strands results in the lightning pattern being made up of streaks of alternating colors in the lightning band. |
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Headstick Comfiguration two color lightning band. |
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[NOTE] The steps for weaving the basic lightning pattern are described in part one of this tutorial. [In variation 1] The sequence of colors changed so that in one segment of the lightning pattern the sequence of colors was [background color, lightning color 1, lightning color 2, background color]
[In variation 2] The sequence of colors stays the same throughout the work-piece. This is achieved by adding a third interlock/fourth segment to the weft strand. |
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Row 1, first interlock
Select the first warp strand on the left hand edge of the work-piece as the part 1 of the row 1 weft strand. Pass the part 1 weft strand through the open shed to the sixth warp strand from the left hand edge of the first color of the lightning band. Start the interlock by folding the weft strand up over the sixth warp strand of the first color of the lightning band. Secure the interlock in place by placing the part 1 weft strand in the bottom layer of the shed. When the part 1 weft strand is placed in the bottom layer of the shed it becomes a warp strand and the sixth warp strand of the first color of the lightning band becomes the second segment of the row 1 weft strand. [NOTE] The lightning color band will be divided in half. The first half is one color and the second half is another color. |
[figure-30] [click here to see video] -10-6-6-10-000211.jpg)
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Row 1, second interlock
Pass the second part of the weft strand through the open shed to the sixth warp strand of the second color of the lightning band (the right hand edge of the second lightning color). Start the second interlock by folding the second part of the weft strand up over the sixth warp strand of the second lightning color band. Secure the second interlock in place by placing the second part of the weft strand in the bottom layer of the shed. When the second part of the weft strand is placed in the bottom layer of the shed it becomes a warp strand and the sixth warp strand of the second lightning color band becomes the third segment of the row 1 weft strand. |
[figure-31] [click here to see video] -10-6-6-10-000367.jpg)
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Row 1, third interlock
Pass the third part of the weft strand through the open shed to the sixth warp strand of the right hand side background color band. Start the third row 1 interlock by folding the third part of the row 1 weft strand up over the sixth warp strand of the right hand side background color band. Secure the third row 1 interlock in place by placing the third part of the row 1 weft strand in the bottom layer of the shed. When the third part of the row 1 weft strand is placed in the bottom layer of the shed it becomes a warp strand and the sixth warp strand becomes the fourth segment of the row 1 weft strand. |
[figure-32] [click here to see video] -10-6-6-10-000490.jpg)
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Row 1, end weaving
Complete the row of weaving.
Secure the fourth part of row 1 weft strand by placing the fourth part of row 1 weft strand in the top layer of the shed. When the fourth part of row 1 weft strand is placed in the top layer of the shed it becomes a warp strand. |
[figure-33] [click here to see video] -10-6-6-10-000574.jpg)
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Row 1, reverse the shed.
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[figure-34] [click here to see video] -10-6-6-10-001343.jpg)
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Row 1, set weave
Set the weave by pulling the layers of the shed in opposite directions. Check indivual warp strands to see that they are pulled snug and even. This completes row one. This also sets the location of the weft strand interlocks in the following rows of the lightning pattern. |
[figure-35] [click here to see video] -10-6-6-10-001594.jpg)
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Row 2, add the next row of weaving.
[NOTE] Row 2 has three interlocks and four segments in the weft strand. [NOTE] Each row 2 interlock is formed by passing a segment of the weft strand through the shed to an interlock of the previous row and folding weft strand up over the warp strand that is adjacent to the interlock of the previous row. Continue adding additional rows of weaving. [NOTE] When the sixth row of weaving is completed the first segment of the lightning pattern is completed. [OBSERVE] The configuration of the warp strands;
Continue adding additional segments until the work-piece has reached the desired length. |
[figure-36] [click here to see video] -10-6-6-10-008936.jpg)
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The lightning patter of adjacent lightning bolts is achieved by adding a second set of 12 strands of a new color to the basic configuration. For this part of the tutorial, the headstick configuration is set up similar to the configuration used for previous parts of this tutorial.
12 lightning strands (color 1), 12 lightning strands (color2), 10 background color strands. [NOTE] The starting headstick configuration used here is achieved by increasing the number of warp strands to the first interlock of the basic headstick configuration. |
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Row 1, first interlock.
Select the first warp strand on the left hand side of the work piece as the part 1 row 1 weft strand. Pass the part 1 row 1 weft strand through the open shed to the eighth warp strand of the first lightning color band. Start the first interlock of row 1 by folding the part 1 row 1 weft strand up over the eighth warp strand of the first lightning color band.. Secure the row 1 first interlock in place by placing the part 1 row 1 weft strand in the bottom layer of the shed. When the part 1 row 1 weft strand is placed in the bottom layer of the shed it becomes a warp strand and the eighth warp strand of the first lightning bolt becomes the part 2 row 1 weft strand. |
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Row 1, second interlock.
Pass the part 2 row1 weft strand through the open shed to the eighth warp strand of the second lightning color band. Start the second interlock of row 1 by folding the part 2 row 1 weft strand up over the eighth warp strand of the second lightning color band. Secure the row 1 second interlock in place by placing the part 2 row 1 weft strand in the bottom layer of the shed. When the part 2 row 1 weft strand is placed in the bottom layer of the shed it becomes a warp strand and the eighth warp strand of the second lightning band becomes the part 3 row 1 weft strand. |
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Row 1, third interlock.
Pass the part 3 row 1 weft strand through the open shed to the eighth warp strand of the right hand side background color band. Start the interlock by folding the weft strand up over the eighth warp strand. Secure the third interlock of row 1 by placing the part 3 row 1 weft strand in the bottom layer of the shed. When the part 3 row 1 weft strand is placed in the bottom layer of the shed it becomes a strand and the eighth warp strand of the right hand background band becomes the the fourth part of the row 1 weft strand. |
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Row 1, end weaving
Complete the weaving of row 1.
Secure the row of weaving by placing the part 4 row 1 weft strand in the top layer of the shed. When the part 4 row 1 weft strand is placed in the top layer of the shed it becomes a warp strand. |
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Row 1, set weave
Set the weave by pulling the layers of the shed in opposite directions. Check indivual warp strands to see that they are pulled snug and even. This completes row one. This also sets the location of the weft strand interlocks in the following rows of the lightning pattern. |
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Add the next row of weaving. [NOTE] Row 2 follows the same sequence of steps as row one. It also has three interlocks in the weft strand |
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Continue adding additional rows of weaving.
[NOTE] When the eighth row of weaving is completed the first segment of the adjacent lightning bolts pattern is completed. Continue adding additional segments until the workpiece has reached the desired length. |
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