Online course—Weaving with Two Heddles: Doubleweave Tool Holder

It is possible to weave two layers at once with a technique known as doubleweave. You can weave separate layers and exchange them to weave open-sided pockets. You can connect the layers at one selvedge for a doublewidth fabric, or connect both selvedges to form a tube that can be stuffed.

In this class, I'm going to show you how to wind a warp and thread two heddles for doubleweave. We'll learn three doubleweave techniques: weaving layers and exchanging them, weaving layers connected on one side, and weaving a tube. At the end of the class, you'll have a handy tool holder made with all these techniques.

It's helpful to take the first class in this series, Weaving with Two Heddles: Sampler Scarf, before you start this course.

• Warp: 3/2 perle cotton for a warp 68" long and 9" wide; weft sportweight wool yarn. We used our Doubleweave Tool Holder Yarn Kit, which contains a pre-wound warp chain and 3 colors of Brown Sheep Nature Spun Sport (2 full skeins and a mini-cake of 16 yards) for weft.

• Flip rigid heddle loom with two 8-dent heddles—Jane weaves an 8" wide project on a 15" Flip
• heddle hook (included with loom)
• tapestry needle
• two 12" stick shuttles—if your Flip came with longer shuttles, get this size (just slightly wider than the project)
• four 20" Schacht Beefy pick-up sticks
• optional: one 12" Schacht Petite pick-up stick
• heddle rod: Jane uses the third apron bar that's included with the Flip; you can substitute a 3/16" dowel, at least 10" long
• heddles: use our 8-5/8" Texsolv heddles or make your own string heddles
• Shop recommended equipment