How do you read a Swedish weaving draft?

There are four parts to reading a weaving draft: the threading, tie-up, treadling, and draw down. Weaving drafts are always represented using a grid, with filled in squares representing threads. You read a weaving draft from a bird’s eye view, as if you were looking down on your shafts and treadles from above.

How do you read a warp chart?

We usually read these charts from right to left, the way we read most threading drafts. For this one, therefore, you would first wind 4 black threads, then 8 green, 4 black. Then you’d wind 9 red alternating with 9 white 6 times, and end with 4 green and 4 black.

What can I weave on a 4-shaft loom?

Below are a few of our bestselling projects, and you can explore all 4-shaft patterns here.

• Mixed Twill Scarf Weaving Pattern.
• Tidal Towels Weaving Pattern.
• Deflected Doubleweave Scarf Weaving Pattern.
• Doublewidth Blanket Weaving Pattern.
• How To Read A Weaving Draft For A 4-Shaft Loom.
• More 4-Shaft Weaving Projects.

What can you do with a 4-shaft loom?

4-shaft loom weaving opens the door to weaving with great technique. And you won’t believe what you can accomplish: color and weave effects, twill, huck, lace, overshot and more!

What does overshot mean in weaving?

In its simplest form – overshot is a weaving technique that utilizes at least 2 different types of weft yarns and floats to create a pattern. These patterns are often heavily geometric. The name overshot possibly comes from the way the weft “shoots” over the plain weave (ground weft) to create decorative floats.

What is an overshot pattern?

Overshot is a weave structure creating a plain-weave cloth with decorative supplementary weft floats. These floats lie on top of (float over) the ground cloth. If you pull out all of the pattern weft threads, you are left with a plain weave cloth formed by the warp and the tabby weft.

What is a profile draft weaving?

With a profile draft, a little scrap of paper could hold the design (profile) of a textile. It’s like drafting in shorthand! In a nutshell, the colored-in squares on a profile draft (as you can see at right) represent groups (blocks) of warp and weft threads that interlace in the same way to weave pattern.