Category: threading draft

  The more things change, the more they stay the same. Kind of sums up things, really. I’ve been weaving a rather long time.  From the 1980s to 2019, I wove on an AVL, which was a very particular kind of loom.  When I got the Megado, I had to change the way I dealt…

  The more things change, the more they stay the same. Kind of sums up things, really. I’ve been weaving a rather long time.  From the 1980s to 2019, I wove on an AVL, which was a very particular kind of loom.  When I got the Megado, I had to change the way I dealt…

  The more things change, the more they stay the same. Kind of sums up things, really. I’ve been weaving a rather long time.  From the 1980s to 2019, I wove on an AVL, which was a very particular kind of loom.  When I got the Megado, I had to change the way I dealt…

  ready to thread Yesterday I beamed the next warp and today I will begin threading.  The Megado has a removable breast beam, so I take the reed out of the beater and the beater top off, then remove the breast beam.  I have a lower stool (than what I sit on to weave) and…

  Someone asked how I keep track of threadings, especially when they might be complicated, and lots of shafts. Over the years I’ve worked out ways to try and avoid threading errors.  (Don’t always work, but tends to reduce issues.) First of all, I number my shafts.  On the AVL, the shafts were wood and…

  Helene Bress The Weaving Book threading draft and photos of options I would be remiss if I neglected this tome, put together by Helene Bress.  When I purchased it, it was $60 US (or $100 Canadian) and worth every penny. Several weave structures are covered, and as usual, I hand drew down (because no…

  John Tovey c 1969 reading different draft formats John Tovey’s concise book is crammed with really excellent information, some of which is rarely found in ‘standard’ weaving books.  I remember sitting down and reading it cover to cover, and while I rarely look at it now, I’m wondering why not after thumbing through it…

  Bateman  page from Virginia Harvey’s publication Park Weaves, based on Dr. Bateman’s work page from Weaving Innovations from the Bateman  Collection by Robyn Spady, Nancy A. Tracy and Marjorie Fiddler Dr. Bateman did a deep dive into a variety of weave structures, and eventually Virginia Harvey edited his work and turned them into a…

  Satin blocks, draft is a draw up showing profile draft, threading draft and tie up Drawloom draft and why I call the frames that hold heddles shafts.  Drawlooms have two ‘harnesses’ – the ground harness made up of 2 or more shafts, and the pattern harness which may be 10 to 50 shafts Drawdown…

  Ars Textrina was a scholarly publication that dealt with the history of textiles and as such was expensive.  I bought every issue until I could no longer afford them, but they stopped publication soon after anyway.   A few years ago (quite a few now, man, am I ever *old*!) I needed money quite badly,…