By Bonnie Datta
Editor’s note: Two technically-minded smart weavers were roommates on the Textile Tour to Norway in 2003 when the group saw the exhibit of Flesbergplegg. Katharine Dickerson’s examination of the technique is included in this issue, “Retro Reprint: Flesberg Bound Weave System.” Fellow Canadian Bonnie Datta was her roommate, and was equally smitten by the technique. In this pdf instructional article, Bonnie explains how to draft your own patterns.
Flesbergplegg by Bonnie Datta
If you want to draft your own flesberg technique variations, Bonnie Datta provides expert background and a template to use.
Note: After checking her explanations, written several years ago, Bonnie added the following:
The lines of symmetry that are drawn appear to cross out picks and may be confused with the picks that do actually need to be removed. The picks with the line of symmetry running through them are woven. The picks that have been removed have left empty squares in the treadling sequence.Also, please note that in the explanatory sample, the vertical column of pattern is divided at the half-way point by a line of symmetry. This makes the angle of the floats change and enhances the symmetry of the motif.