Thoughts on 5.1.3 – Turned Twill at the Loom

[Ginette]

Let us know your thoughts on 5.1.3 – Turned Twill at the Loom

[Nicole Burgess]

I am so glad you show us what it looks like on the loom and discuss the treadling changes while you do them. I had seen some beautiful towels someone made that looked “like ribbons”, but I didn’t know the weave structure. Now I do, False Damask. 🙂 Thank you!

[Jeannette Frantz]

Can you do this pattern using the Jane Table loom.

Thank you, Jeannette

[Jane]

Absolutely…you would just have to make the towels narrower.

[Sue Brady]

Who said we don’t want to watch you weave for six hours?  🙂   I would happily watch you weave for six hours!

[Liz Kimber]

Im so glad you cant keep anything on your spring 2 shelf either

[Lora Sager]

Would a boucle weft thread work with turned twill…or would the weft faced/warped face design be  a problem with a different weight thread.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by Lora Sager.

[Jane]

A boucle weft would be lovely.  If the cloth is balanced the pattern will still show.  If the boucle is heavier than the 8/2 warp I would open up the sett of the warp to 15 or 16 EPI and it should balance.  It will of course make it wider so you will have to knock off some warp ends to keep the size.  If the boucle is the same size as the warp you can leave it all the same.

Hope this helps,

Jane

[Kathleen Sobe]

I love this structure and I want to make some fine towels using 20/2 cotton.  Should I use a sett closer than 30 epi.

[Jane]

Hi Kathleen,

Yep, they will be lovely at 30 🙂

[Lora Sager]

I have a David loom and a question about tie up #2. I tied up as I normally do when presented with a rising shed tie up. I tied up the blank spaces. I then realized I’d be pulling down 4 sheds on treadles 1-4 as normal but 6 on treadles 6-8…which is quite a workout! So I decided to do the tie up as written thinking the pattern would be reversed. Now I’m pulling down 4 sheds on treadles 1-4 and only 2 sheds on treadles 6-8. What’s happening on treadles 6-8 is the weft just squishes down into the fell…it won’t stay in place. I’m assuming there is not enough warp to hold it? Or I’m doing something wrong? It seems to me it should work…but it doesn’t seem to.  Am I thinking about this correctly?

[Sandra]

Hi Lora – what happened to treadle #5?

It should work – you are getting the same cloth no matter whether you tie-up for a Rising Shed or a Sinking Shed – you are just seeing a different side of your cloth.

[Lora Sager]

Opps! Forgot to mention #5…but he’s there. Well, I’m glad to know I was thinking correctly. I just don’t know why the weft wouldn’t behave. In the meantime I’m getting a good workout!

[Marcia Little]

I don’t understand the ‘squaring’ of the taupe block on the treadling of the first towel.  If I square the taupe nine times as indicated, that makes for a very long towel, with a thirteen inch square.  Am I misunderstanding something?

[Ruth Anne]

Is Jane using her left foot only for X Treadles and right for Y Treadles?  I am trying…just seems unbalanced and it is noisy on my Baby Wolf as I don’t seem to be gently moving from one to the other.

[Sandra]

Use whatever works for you Ruth Anne – just as long as you can remember which treadle does what you want it to 😉

[Beth Napper]

Jane, I am glad to see that things fly off the top of your  loom, too, when you are weaving. lol

[Jane]

Not only do they fly off the top of my loom, they fly out of my hands too.  You should see my shuttles, so many have suffered blunt force trauma, LOL.

[Diane Mehegan]

I have the same question as Marcia Little, Feb. 9.

“I don’t understand the ‘squaring’ of the taupe block on the treadling of the first towel.  If I square the taupe nine times as indicated, that makes for a very long towel, with a thirteen inch square.  Am I misunderstanding something?”

Thanks!

[Sandra]

The first warp stripe on your towel is 68 threads Gold.  First, you weave 1 1/2″ Taupe (including the hem), then 12 picks of red.  At the beginning of the next sett, you weave with Taupe with X treadling until your square is as long as it’s wide i.e Square Taupe X.  Hope that helps, Diane.

[Randi]

<i>Jane, you are so NOT boring – I love to watch you weaving. I have learned so much about graphic – thank you! BTW- your little giggles are delightful and make me smile.</i>

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