In order to complet my last blog post about Krokbragdweaving, I’ll show you today my favourite 7 Krokbragd patterns.
I thought that this could help in two ways:
- You can start more easily right away
- Perhaps you can pick up some new ideas or inspirations
Obviously I can’t give an exhaustive pattern guide.
As I have to choose, I decided to share today my favourite 7.
You won’t find the ‘classical’ Krokbragd you see in other guides. For exemple pictural patterns are not my cup of tea.
I’m mostly attracted by bigger, block like patterns or shifting columns for exemple. I think they look more modern and unusual.
The basics of Krokbragd, how to, sett explication, yarn choice, threading and treadling basics etc. you find in my last post: Krokbragdweaving -right away.
Today’s post will treat only the pattern aspect, no basic explanations.
1. Krokbragd drafting
But before starting a little introduction seems necessary about how to read/write a Krokbragd draft.
In fact there are, as always, several ways. Krokbragd as a weft faced technique with the same treadling over and over again is often written a bit different than other techniques.
Below four different ways you may find to describe the pattern in the next photo:
1. Classic draft: colors besides treadling
2. Classic draft: color blocks in treadling
3. Written instructions: as a specificity of Krokbragd weaving you often find simply written instructions. My favourite way in fact and the one I will use in this article:
4. Graphical draft (not for the photo above):
Weave (White, White, White) or (W,W,W) 3 times
Weave (White, Gray, Gray) 12 times
Weave (White, Green, Green) 12 times
Weave (Orange, Green, Green) 1 time
Weave (White, Green, Green) 12 times
Weave (Gray, Beige, Gray) 12 times
Weave ( Blue, White, White) 12 times
Weave (White, White, White) 3 times
2. My 7 favourite Krokbragd patterns
1. Horizontal and Vertical Stripes
For horizontal stripes
simply repeat for all three treadling the same colour. Nothing difficult here, but possibilities are nevertheless endless trough playing with different sized stripes.
For vertical stripes or columns
you work with two (or even three) different colours, always in the same treadling order.Columns are one of my favourite patterns.
By playing with different colours and heights of columns or shifting the columns around you can produce quiet modern looking designs.
Mostly you have two possibilities here :
Big columns:
Treadling 1 : first colour (here: white)
Treadling 2: second colour (here: pink)
Treadling 3: second colour (here: pink)
or
Small columns
Treadling 1 : first colour (here: white)
Treadling 2: second colour (here: pink or yellow)
Treadling 3: first colour (here: white)
Shifting columns:
The big columns you can either align as in the photo besides at the right side of the cushion, or shift against one another as on the left side of the cushion. Shifting happens only by changing the first colour from the 1 treadling to the 3 treadling.
From:
Treadling 1 : first colour (here: white)
Treadling 2: second colour (here: pink)
Treadling 3: second colour (here: pink)
To
Treadling 1 : second colour (here: green)
Treadling 2: second colour (here: green)
Treadling 3: first colour (here: white)
Grid
Another possibility to play with columns and stripes are grids. For me grids are on the opposite of everyone’s idea of Krokbragd, it’s quiet uncommon and I really love it!
Treadling 1 : first colour (here: white)
Treadling 2: second colour (here: pink)
Treadling 3: second colour (here: pink)
repeat for exemple 10 times
Treadling 1 : second colour (here: pink)
Treadling 2: second colour (here: white)
Treadling 3: second colour (here: white)
repeat for exemple 3 times
Treadling 1 : first colour (here: white)
Treadling 2: second colour (here: pink)
Treadling 3: second colour (here: pink)
repeat for exemple 10 times
2. Squares and Checkes
Squares:
More “typical’ yet quiet modern looking are squares:
Treadling 1 : first colour (here: white)
Treadling 2: second colour (here: blue)
Treadling 3: second colour (here: blue)
repeat for exemple 3 times
Treadling 1 : first colour (here: white)
Treadling 2: second colour (here: blue)
Treadling 3: third colour (here: fuchsia)
repeat 1 time
Treadling 1 : first colour (here: white)
Treadling 2: second colour (here: blue)
Treadling 3: second colour (here: blue)
repeat for exemple 3 times
Crosses:
Treadling 1 : first colour (here: white)
Treadling 2: first colour (here: white)
Treadling 3: second colour (here: blue)
repeat for exemple 3 times
Treadling 1 : first colour (here: white)
Treadling 2: second colour (here: blue)
Treadling 3: third colour (here: blue)
repeat for exemple 2 times
Treadling 1 : first colour (here: white)
Treadling 2: first colour (here: white)
Treadling 3: second colour (here: blue)
repeat for exemple 3 times
Flames:
A “typical ” pattern for Krokbragd I love a lot:
Treadling 1 : first colour (here: white)
Treadling 2: first colour (here: white)
Treadling 3: second colour (here: orange)
repeat for exemple 7 times
Treadling 1 : first colour (here: white)
Treadling 2: second colour (here: orange)
Treadling 3: second colour (here: orange)
repeat for exemple 7 times
Treadling 1 : second colour (here: orange)
Treadling 2: second colour (here: orange)
Treadling 3: third colour (here: yellow)
repeat for exemple 7 times
“Running” Stripes:
Treadling 1 : first colour (here: white)
Treadling 2: first colour (here: white)
Treadling 3: second colour (here: blue)
repeat for exemple 4 times
Treadling 1 : third colour (here: yellow)
Treadling 2: first colour (here: white)
Treadling 3: second colour (here: blue)
repeat for exemple 4 times
Treadling 1 : third colour (here: yellow)
Treadling 2: first colour (here: white)
Treadling 3: first colour (here: white)
repeat once
Dots:
A simple pattern I love a lot:
Treadling 1 : first colour (here: red)
Treadling 2: second colour (here: white)
Treadling 3: third colour (here: rose)
repeat for exemple 2 times
Treadling 1 : second colour (here: white)
Treadling 2: second colour (here: white)
Treadling 3: second colour (here: white)
repeat for exemple 2 times
Treadling 1 :first colour (here: red)
Treadling 2: second colour (here: white)
Treadling 3: third colour (here: rose)
repeat for exemple 2 times
3. Combinations
The fun part of all this is naturally to mix and match now these 7 different patterns “on the fly”! Or with previous planning, if you want. But I love a lot about Krokbragd that once you’ve understood these basics, you can really go ahead and play around.
Below some combinations of my 7 favourite patterns!
And last but not least: A swatch I made in Kelly Casanovas online cours about Krokbragd on a riggid heedle loom, that I love quite a lot!
My homework of the week:Try to find the drafting!!
Happy week, hope you liked my favourite 7 Krokbragd patterns and happy weaving!
the size of your wool for the weft do you double or triple it , I want a thick carpet
does the warp is “seine cord”, if so what is the size; mine seems to be big I can’t hide it with the wool weft
I got my wool from LEMIEUX MILL (filature Lemieux) located in St Ephrem, Qc. Canada
Is there a way I can convert a Boundweave pattern to a Krokbrag pattern? Thank you.