Historic 3 Shaft Lozenge

June 6th 2011 in Drafts, Projects

This pattern is based on an example on p. 150 of Ancient Danish Textiles from Bogs and Burials, by Margrethe Hald. [Open Library Data Unavailable (books)]

It has been translated from 4 shafts to 3, resulting in a 2/1 broken twill as opposed to the original 2/2.

Why 3 shaft? 3 shafts are still easily accomplished on a rigid heddle loom by using two heddles. And, truth be told, there are far few patterns for rigid heddle looms. So, when possible, I’ll present drafts for them as well.

Going from 4 shafts to 2

In (Almost) Infinite Variations, I took a threading and changed the treadling in various ways. Eventually I devised a “tabby” treadling of it. Recently it occurred to me that the four shaft pattern could be reduced to two. I really liked one part of the pattern in particular — it had very nice curves, so […]

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“Flowery” Draft

Here’s the first in what I hope to be a regular feature — drafts. Some I will have made, others I’ll attribute to a source.

This is a 4 shaft design which, since every other shot is a tabby shot, could be woven as an overshot pattern. The longest float is 5 in the weft, which […]

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