Weaverly
WEBA Jeans Based Block Weave. I really don't know how to classify this weave. It's based on the 3-shaft twill (jeans twill) and it resembles crackle, but it has its own logic. First, the blocks. Each block is threaded as a 3-shaft twill on 3 of the 4 shafts of a 4-shaft loom. This gives you four possible blocks in the threading: 123, 234, 341, and ...
Weaverly: Straight and Narrow
WEBSep 18, 2021 · The 16/1 linen is remarkable easy to handle. No tangles and no breakage (yet). I'm weaving a scarf 9" wide in a crepe weave on 4 shafts. It's somewhere between plain weave and twill in its density, with no floats...
Weaverly: Some Observations on Pattern and Color
WEBSep 14, 2021 · Echo Weave Based on the 1996 article in Weaver's, Issue 32. With brand new diagrams and high resolution scans of original fabrics. Pdf available for immediate download. $7.
Weaverly: Pattern Gamp
WEBNov 1, 2022 · Overlapping bands of texture and color. I've been admiring the pattern gamps my fellow weavers have been producing, along the lines of Janet Phillips 's wonderful examples in her books Designing Woven Fabrics and Exploring Woven Fabrics. So I decided to do one of my own, for 4-shaft weaves. I used a …
Weaverly: Straight Lines and Curves
WEBFeb 26, 2022 · I'm Alice Schlein, a weaver in South Carolina. A few times a week I write about my weaving, Network Drafting, Amalgamation, bread baking, my morning walks, and whatever else strikes my fancy.
Weaverly: Color Trials
WEBDec 11, 2021 · The weather is very gray and foggy today, not a good day for walking. I took the opportunity to do some faux walking on the treadmill while listening to one of my favorite podcasts, The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan....
Weaverly: Weaving & Unweaving & Weaving
WEBApr 19, 2022 · For a while now I've had an urge to use some handspun in a tied weave, & put this project on my 8-shaft table loom. The warp is a purplish wool/lyocell blend and the weft is wool/lyocell in a pastel coloration, which reads as pale green.
Weaverly: The New Moon, and Steps Forward
WEBSep 10, 2021 · Echo Weave Based on the 1996 article in Weaver's, Issue 32. With brand new diagrams and high resolution scans of original fabrics. Pdf available for immediate download. $7.
Weaverly: The End of the Beginning
WEBOct 24, 2021 · This blanket project consists of four warps. We are now coming to the end of the first warp. The finished weaving is winding on the cloth beam. Every time I pass the loom I give the cloth a friendly pat....
Weaverly: New Perspective
WEBFeb 17, 2022 · Echo Weave Based on the 1996 article in Weaver's, Issue 32. With brand new diagrams and high resolution scans of original fabrics. Pdf available for immediate download. $7.