Up until now, all of the published patterns for little looms have been limited to three overshot threads at a time. Why stop there? I give you this pattern with a daring five overshot threads, henceforth known as Wide Wale Corduroy. Woo hoo! I’m loving this pattern which is the same on the back, except the ribs are vertical instead of horizontal. Its very deep texture would be perfect for afghans and rugs. Easy to weave and you can use a much bulkier yarn than possible for plain weave. The samples from left to right and top to bottom are: Brown Sheep BULKY Lamb’s Pride, Noro Big Kureyon, Rowan Cork, and the sportweight one is Louet Gems Opal. You can see in that sample that a little bit of the windowpane thing is going on, which would be more pronounced in a lighter weight yarn. This pattern would be perfect for a heavy ribbon yarn, too. Wide Wale Corduroy works for the 4×4 Weave-It or Weavette and the 5” Weave-It Rug loom. It doesn’t come out just right at the end on the Weave-It 2″ loom or the Weavette rectangular looms, but if absolute symmetry is not an issue for your project, you can still do it.

O=Over
U=Under

WIDE WALE CORDUROY
Wrap three continuous warp layers. Change color if desired, and measure yarn for needleweaving.
Weave as follows—
Row 1: plain weave
Row 2 & 3: (U1, O5)x5; U1
Row 4-plain weave
Rows 5-16: (repeat Rows 2-4)x4

On Weave-It, Weavette and Loomette looms, always go OVER the loop of yarn that’s outside the pins. That loop isn’t mentioned in any written pattern. It’s a “given”.

Six Square Smackdown update: nine entrants with 13 projects! The “reveal” will be on Feb 11th and I’ll blog each and every entry over the next few weeks, while the Square Deal Weave-Along takes a short break. (Please don’t post your entry on your blog until I’ve had a chance to show it here.) They’re all worthy of recognition. It will be very difficult to choose the prize winner(s). And yes, there WILL be more contests!