The local museum curator found me some rolls of reed at a nearby Value Village, so this is my first attempt using them.  I do prefer willow & dogwood to this floppy type of material but it is nice that you can dye it and it needs only 20 minutes of soaking to be ready to use. My mom & I dyed it with some leftover fabric dyes she had because my goal was to create a teaching aid.  For my upcoming workshop, I would like to show participants the different types of weaving patterns that are possible.

  1. Double row of 3-rod waling in 3 colours
  2. Japanese weaving in just green single reeds
  3. French randing in 3 colours (pairs of each colour)
  4. Chase randing  in 2 colours
  5. Double row of 3-rod waling in 3 colours
  6. Japanese weaving using double reeds (green & tea coloured)
  7. Twining in 2 colours
  8. Single row of 3-rod waling in 3 colours
  9. Chase randing  in 2 colours
  10. Twining in 2 colours

Layers of patterns. See key.