1. Cut 12 pieces of twine, 18" (45.5cm) each. 2. Group these into 4 groups of 3 strands each. These strands will become the spokes, or warp, for the weaving (you’ll be adding one more in step 6). 3. Lay 2 groups horizontally and parallel to one another, with the strands arranged side by side, creating a top set and a bottom set. The other 2 groups will be perpendicular to this horizontal set, creating a left-hand set and a right-hand set. 4. From the bottom, weave the left-hand set over and under the horizontal set. Weave the right-hand set under and over (A), creating a small woven square at the midpoint of all sets. 5. Tighten the square as much as you 18 SWEETPAULMAG.COM WINTER 2018
can. Place a small piece of tape over this small woven square and flip the work over. 6. Using the twine directly from the spool—the working twine—line the end of the twine up with the ends from the bottom set of strands on the left-hand side. This makes the total number of warp strands odd (B). 7. Bring the working twine over and under the groups of 3 strands and the odd strand, weaving your way around the center square. As you weave, push the working twine up against the previous wrap. Continue around the square, which is now becoming a circle, 5 more times, continuing to alternate over and under the sets of 3 and the odd strand (C). 8. Now treating each warp thread individually, continue in plain weave around 4 times, leaving some space
between the weft as you go (D). 9. Use your fingers to hold the warp taut, and use a tapestry needle to beat the weft toward the center of the circle. I typically beat down 2 or 3 of the 4 strands as the outermost strand doesn’t tend to stay in place (E). Tighten the circles a bit as you beat down. 10. Repeat steps 8 and 9 until the area of the circle matches the bottom of the glass. Turn the glass upside down and place the woven circle on top of its base. 11. Using your left hand to hold the glass and most of the warp strands taut to the glass, use the other hand to bring the working twine over and under the warp threads (F). Continue to shift your left hand to the right and go around the glass in the over/ under pattern, leaving some space
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between the weft strands. [Ed. note: Reverse these directions if you are left-handed.] 12. After 3 or 4 times around the glass, use a needle to beat down the weft (G). 13. Repeat steps 11 and 12 until the weaving around the glass measures 3½" (9cm) high. Before you finish, pack down the weft tightly around the glass by pulling each warp strand toward the top of the glass and pushing the weft down toward the bottom of the glass (H). 14. If you look at the bottom of your glass, you can follow your original odd strand from step 6 up the glass to see where the end of a full circle would be. Cut the end of the weft strand approximately 4" (10cm) from this location, and thread it on a tapestry needle. Bring the end of the weft over the last warp cord and down through
3 rows of visible weft (in the weft channel) (I). The weft strand should poke out of the front of the weaving. Remove the needle; trim this end later. 15. Complete the glass sleeve, beginning with the warp cord next to where you buried the end of the weft, thread the warp cord onto a tapestry needle. Go behind 1 warp cord to the left of the active warp cord and bring the tapestry needle down through the top of the weaving in the same manner as step 14 (J). Repeat the process around the glass, always using the warp thread you just went around next. 16. When you come back to the beginning, bring the last warp cord behind the first arc you made and into the weft (K). 17. Trim all the ends close to the glass (L). Press lightly on the weft above each end to hide it in the weaving.
Anne's book, Weaving Withing Reach: Beautiful Woven Projects by Hand or by Loom, is available where books are sold.