Is it possible to weave triple width fabric on a countermarch loom?

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Sure you can….Thread 1,3,5,2,4,6

Top layer is on 1 and 2
Middle layer is on 3 and 4
Bottom layer is on 5 and 6

You will be weaving one pick on top, then a pick of middle, then a pick of bottom. They you have to come back up starting with the other pick of the bottom, then the other pick of the middle and then the other pick of the top….then back down top, middle, bottom…that is how you have to think while you are treadling. Follow that path in your head.

Your tie-up would be
Treadle 1: tie-up lower lamm to 1
Treadle 2: tie-up lower lamm to 3
Treadle 3: tie-up lower lamm to 5
Treadle 4: tie-up lower lamm to 12346
Treadle 5: tie-up lower lamm to 12456
Treadle 6: tie-up lower lamm to 23456

When you look at that tie-up Treadle 1 and 6 are the 2 picks of your top layer
Treadles 2 and 5 are the 2 picks of your middle layer and
Treadles 3 and 4 are the 2 picks of your bottom layer.

I have attached a quick sketch of the draft.
Hope this helps.


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