Shoreline Checks

Shoreline Checks // weaving pattern for rigid heddle looms by Felicia Lo

The Shoreline Check Scarves pattern by Felicia Lo explores the interplay of stripes, plaids, and tartan designs—all on a single warp. Enjoy two scarf designs from one warp, created to encourage exploration of stripes and plaids on rigid heddle looms. Weave as written, swap colours, and keep experimenting with checks in your handwoven projects. The pattern features SweetGeorgia Trifecta Fine, a fingering-weight yarn, and is woven in plain weave.

The pattern is free for School of SweetGeorgia members.

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SKILL LEVEL

• Beginner

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

• 8" / 20 cm wide x 82 1/2" / 210 cm long plus 1" / 2.5 cm of fringe on each end of scarf

YARN

• Warp and Weft: 4 skeins SweetGeorgia Trifecta Fine (370 yards / 338 m per 3.5 oz / 100 g skein; 1691 ypp / 3380 mpkg; 75% Bluefaced Leicester, 15% Mohair, 10% Silk) in: Ultraviolet (A), Jam Tart (B), Mandarin (C), Chili Pepper (D)

EQUIPMENT & TOOLS

• Loom: rigid heddle loom with a minimum 10" / 25 cm weaving width
• Tools: 12-dent heddle, at least 1 shuttle, (if using boat shuttle, 4 bobbins)
  Please also see our list of recommended Warping Equipment & Weaving Tools.

STRUCTURE

• Weave Structure: plain weave
• Warp Length: 6 yd / 5.5 m (includes approximately 26" / 66 cm loom waste incorporating 4" / 5 cm for fringes, 17" / 43 cm take-up and shrinkage)
• Warp Ends: 108 ends
• Warp Sett: 12 epi / 4-7 epcm
• Weft Sett: 11.5 epi / 4-5 epcm
• Width in Reed: 9" / 23 cm
• Woven Length: weave  84 1/2" / 214.5 cm for each scarf with 4"/ 10 cm space in between = 173" / 439.5 cm total length

This pattern is free for School of SweetGeorgia members. The School of SweetGeorgia offers many courses and tutorial resources to help you improve your skills and discover new techniques, including Felicia Lo's Rigid Heddle Weaving Basics course.