Weaving drafts

Weaving archive site with thousands of historic weaving drafts, documents, and tools

Learn how to read a weaving draft with this in-depth look at each of the key components: threading, tie-up, treadling, and drawdown. This information can be applied to both rising and sinking shed looms.

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Most of the time when you are weaving on a rigid heddle loom and following instructions, there will be written notes for how to weave a pattern. For example, in any of my rigid heddle classes you will see threading instructions, telling you which holes and slots to thread, including colour order wherever it's applicable.

Weaving archive site with thousands of historic weaving drafts, documents, and tools

After weaving one towel already, I have made a few changes to the draft so that I don't have to do the skeleton tie-up. The skeleton-tie up...

I have been playing so much with profile drafts that I decided to make some of my own. After studying Bertha Gray Hayes' patterns so much, ...