Guild Challenge

2025/2026 Plain Weave – Not so Plain

Challenge yourself to explore Plain Weave this year! The ways it can appear are much more complex than “alternating one thread up, one thread down.” Beyond color and texture effects, think basketweave, log cabin, shadow weave (debatable), rep weave, ikat, crammed and spaced warp and weft, pleating, differential shrinkage, weaving with energized yarns, inkle bands and more.