Or is it?
Being born in the 1970's this type of weaving was prevalent. It may have been in shades of brown and had more rope, but this type of weaving is becoming more and more popular, and its such fun to make.
I set out to try and make a weave that had some texture ,and the above picture is what I produced.
I started practicing a twisted header which is the,
1st row White first row in picture 2.
2nd Soumak technique rope like twist
3rd Double Soumak.
4th Plain tabby weave
9th . String pompoms
10th Loop weaving
11th Hopsack
17th Loop weaving
18th Plain weave
22nd Rya Knots
These techniques I learnt from a few books but particularly Modern Weaving by Laura Strutt
Great little book .
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