[Lesley Silvester]

Wow, Jaykay, I had no idea you could do such intricate patterns, or any patterns come to that, on a rigid heddle.  How is it done?

[SmallTimeSmallholder]

JK, I have been watching with interest your posts about your new loom and I think what you've made so far is amazing! What astonishes me even more is the speed you seem to be producing it!
I hope you're feeling justifiably proud    can't wait to see the finished bag and other goodies to follow.

[jaykay]

Thansk STS    I'm still on holiday at the moment and the weather is too foul to do much outside - I think my production rate will drop rather when I have to go back to work for a living 

MGM, this pattern is done with a pick up stick in front of the heddle. So you warp 8 ends of each colour alternately. Then you pick up, over and under 4, 3, 2, two straight tabby picks, 2, 3, 4 and then repeat the 8 rows with the other weft colour.

So it's easy  to do, it just takes a while to do the pick ups. Which I guess is the advantage of shafts  This would be an 8-shaft pattern the blurb on Rav says.

[Lesley Silvester]

Sounds a bit fiddly.  I might be tempted if I had a rigid heddle but now I am getting a four shaft, I will be able to do patterns easily.

[jaykay]

You will 

[Lesley Silvester]

Hoping to pick the loom up next week.   

[jaykay]

Excellent 

And you'll know what you're doing. We might have to have an amateur's and a professional's thread 

[Lesley Silvester]

Not sure about that.  It was a long, long time ago.  We left the island in December 1994 and I haven't done weaving since.

[SmallTimeSmallholder]

I'm sure it'll come back to you in a heart beat MGM, just like riding a bike. Not that I'd know (yet) but I'm sure you'll be fine 
Can't wait to see pics of what you do.