Weaving Honeycomb

Day 172: With both shafted looms currently loaded with projects, I decided to do the April Weave-Along on my 16-inch rigid heddle. I suppose I could have set it up with two heddles, one functioning as one of the pickup sticks, but it was too much to think about, so I opted for using a heddle rod instead. To weave this particular pattern (cells of five up, five down), the pickup stick or the heddle rod are used with the main heddle in the up position, one row of cell sbeing formed with the pickup stick, and the staggered row of cells with the heddle rod. Each sequence is eight throws of the main colour, followed by a simple up/down made with the heavier dark blue thread. The sequence is as follows: *heddle in the up position with the pickup stick, heddle down* repeated four times; heddle up with heavy thread, heddle down with heavy thread; *heddle in the up position with the heddle rod lifted, heddle down* repeated four times; heddle up with heavy thread, heddle down with heavy thread. Honeycomb does not come into its own right until the tension is let down, and preferably, the piece has been given a good wash. Then the cells will be in greater relief. If desired, cells can be made narrower, wider, taller, shorter or in combination depending on the texture desired. It's a fun little weave!