Band Weaving Instructions  

Susan Foulkes is a designer weaver and uses natural yarns in her work, such as linen, silk, alpaca, cashmere and merino wool.   She is fascinated by the long history of weaving and research ancient textiles and the techniques used to produce them.

Susan has 20 YouTube videos about band weaving at:

https://www.youtube.com/user/durhamsilkweaver/ and has a number of books published by Blurb.com.

Her particular interest is in the woven folk bands of Europe. She has spent many hours with curators in museums examining their wonderful collections. I run workshops and online courses about band weaving.

Susan has run a number of online classes for the Braid Society and her tutorials can be found below.

Swedish Band Weaving Tutorial 2013 by Susan J Foulkes: Part1  Part2.  These instructions supplement those provided in the Braids and Bands Online Tutorial 2013.

Swedish Band Weaving Tutorial 2014 by Susan J Foulkes: Weaving Swedish Bands on a 4 shaft loom by Elwyn Kenn  These instructions supplement those provided in the Braids and Bands Online Tutorial 2014.

Instructions for weaving band in Strands 2015 by Susan J Foulkes:  This is a larger diagram of the band in Susan's article in Strands 2015 and discussed at the AGM 2015 (updated 29 Nov 2015).

Swedish Band Weaving Tutorial 2017 by Susan J Foulkes:  

2017 Braid Society Workshop equipment list

2017 Braid Society Workshop week1

2017 Braid Society Workshop week 2

Threading chart 17 pattern slot Sunna heddle and 17 to 13

2017 Braid Society workshop week 3

2017 Braid Society members week 4

These instructions were provided during the Braids and Bands Online Tutorial on Yahoo.