Basketweave

In 2015 I wove some fabric on my 8-shaft table loom (the "big" loom), with the intention of making a sideless surcoat. I completely screwed up the cutting and ended up with pieces of precious fabric that were unusable for what I wanted. These days I always make a mock up garment out of scrap fabric before I put scissors to the actual garment fabric. 

When the sting of my foolishness had faded a year or so later, I used what pieces I had to make a satchel style bag. People who relied on hand looms for their textiles wouldn't have wasted such a resource, so I shouldn't either.

The almost finished bag, complete with tassels made from loom waste.

I designed a simple tablet weaving pattern for a strap to match the main fabric. This pattern is fairly straight forward, but does involve groups of tablets turning both forwards and backwards, so I would recommend it for an advanced beginner/ intermediate weaver.

You can download this draft as a TDD file by clicking here.

The band woven in cottolin. The weft bumps along the edges disappear if the weft is pulled in tighter.

The text version of this draft is as follows:

• Threading:
1. S threaded tablet
   1. Red (#ff0000)
   2. Red (#ff0000)
   3. Red (#ff0000)
   4. Red (#ff0000)
2. Z threaded tablet
   1. Yellow (#ffff00)
   2. Yellow (#ffff00)
   3. Yellow (#ffff00)
   4. Yellow (#ffff00)
3. S threaded tablet
   1. Yellow (#ffff00)
   2. Yellow (#ffff00)
   3. Yellow (#ffff00)
   4. Yellow (#ffff00)
4. Z threaded tablet
   1. Red (#ff0000)
   2. Red (#ff0000)
   3. Red (#ff0000)
   4. Red (#ff0000)
5. Z threaded tablet
   1. Red (#ff0000)
   2. Yellow (#ffff00)
   3. Yellow (#ffff00)
   4. Yellow (#ffff00)
6. Z threaded tablet
   1. Yellow (#ffff00)
   2. Red (#ff0000)
   3. Yellow (#ffff00)
   4. Yellow (#ffff00)
7. Z threaded tablet
   1. Yellow (#ffff00)
   2. Yellow (#ffff00)
   3. Red (#ff0000)
   4. Yellow (#ffff00)
8. Z threaded tablet
   1. Yellow (#ffff00)
   2. Yellow (#ffff00)
   3. Yellow (#ffff00)
   4. Red (#ff0000)
9. Z threaded tablet
   1. Red (#ff0000)
   2. Yellow (#ffff00)
   3. Yellow (#ffff00)
   4. Yellow (#ffff00)
10. Z threaded tablet
    1. Yellow (#ffff00)
    2. Red (#ff0000)
    3. Yellow (#ffff00)
    4. Yellow (#ffff00)
11. Z threaded tablet
    1. Yellow (#ffff00)
    2. Yellow (#ffff00)
    3. Red (#ff0000)
    4. Yellow (#ffff00)
12. Z threaded tablet
    1. Yellow (#ffff00)
    2. Yellow (#ffff00)
    3. Yellow (#ffff00)
    4. Red (#ff0000)
13. Z threaded tablet
    1. Red (#ff0000)
    2. Yellow (#ffff00)
    3. Yellow (#ffff00)
    4. Yellow (#ffff00)
14. Z threaded tablet
    1. Yellow (#ffff00)
    2. Red (#ff0000)
    3. Yellow (#ffff00)
    4. Yellow (#ffff00)
15. Z threaded tablet
    1. Yellow (#ffff00)
    2. Yellow (#ffff00)
    3. Red (#ff0000)
    4. Yellow (#ffff00)
16. Z threaded tablet
    1. Yellow (#ffff00)
    2. Yellow (#ffff00)
    3. Yellow (#ffff00)
    4. Red (#ff0000)
17. Z threaded tablet
    1. Red (#ff0000)
    2. Yellow (#ffff00)
    3. Yellow (#ffff00)
    4. Yellow (#ffff00)
18. Z threaded tablet
    1. Yellow (#ffff00)
    2. Red (#ff0000)
    3. Yellow (#ffff00)
    4. Yellow (#ffff00)
19. Z threaded tablet
    1. Yellow (#ffff00)
    2. Yellow (#ffff00)
    3. Red (#ff0000)
    4. Yellow (#ffff00)
20. Z threaded tablet
    1. Yellow (#ffff00)
    2. Yellow (#ffff00)
    3. Yellow (#ffff00)
    4. Red (#ff0000)
21. Z threaded tablet
    1. Red (#ff0000)
    2. Yellow (#ffff00)
    3. Yellow (#ffff00)
    4. Yellow (#ffff00)
22. Z threaded tablet
    1. Yellow (#ffff00)
    2. Red (#ff0000)
    3. Yellow (#ffff00)
    4. Yellow (#ffff00)
23. S threaded tablet
    1. Red (#ff0000)
    2. Red (#ff0000)
    3. Red (#ff0000)
    4. Red (#ff0000)
24. Z threaded tablet
    1. Yellow (#ffff00)
    2. Yellow (#ffff00)
    3. Yellow (#ffff00)
    4. Yellow (#ffff00)
25. S threaded tablet
    1. Yellow (#ffff00)
    2. Yellow (#ffff00)
    3. Yellow (#ffff00)
    4. Yellow (#ffff00)
26. Z threaded tablet
    1. Red (#ff0000)
    2. Red (#ff0000)
    3. Red (#ff0000)
    4. Red (#ff0000)
• Turning:
1. 4F 2B 10F 2B 8F
2. 4F 2B 10F 2B 8F
3. 14F 2B 10F
4. 14F 2B 10F
5. 4F 2B 6F 6B 8F
6. 4F 2B 6F 6B 8F
7. 4F 4B 2F 10B 6F
8. 4F 4B 2F 10B 6F
9. 4F 6B 2F 10B 4F
10. 4F 6B 2F 10B 4F
11. 4F 4B 6F 6B 6F
12. 4F 4B 6F 6B 6F

As with all of the free patterns on this site, you are welcome to weave them, sell bands woven using them, and use them to teach other weavers, just as long as you state where you found them.