Handmade textile products // Triaxial weaving

I was wondering what happens when you add a third layer to a weaving pattern. It turned out I am not only who had that thought. It is called triaxial weaving.

Triaxial weaving with sewing pins
Triaxial weaving: pinning the ends with sewing pins.

Creating a geometric pattern with fabric strips weaving

After creating a pillow cover with a simple fabric strips weaving technique, I decided to step up and create a triaxial weaving pattern using fabrics strips that run in three different directions. Unlike the common (biaxial) weaving, where the layers are perpendicular to each other, the directions of the layers are at angles of 60 degrees to each other.

Creating colourful, handdyed fabric strips

fabric, ruler and scissors
First I cut slits about 4cm apart across the selvedge of the fabric. Then I ripped the fabric from each slit into strips.
posterpaint and textile medium
Dyeing fabric strips with posterpaint and textile medium.
Dyed fabric strips hanging
Dyed fabric strips hanging outside to dry.
Dyed strips in pink, purple and blue
Ironing the dyed fabric strips to fix the colours.

Weaving with handdyed fabric strips

GeoCollege protractor and fabric strips
Weaving the second layer into the first layer with a angle of 60 / 120 degrees.
Weaving of fabric strips
Weaving the third layer through the first two layer.
Triaxial weaving with sewing pins
Triaxial weaving: pinning the ends with sewing pins.
The other side of the triaxial weaving lined with interfacing.
triaxial weaving
Ironing to fix the triaxial weaving at the interfacing.
triaxial weaving with heming tape
Using heming tape to fix loose ends of the triaxial weaving.