I'm Alice Schlein, a weaver in South Carolina. A few times a week I write about my weaving, Network Drafting, Amalgamation, bread baking, my morning walks, and whatever else strikes my fancy. Thanks for stopping by! Comments are welcome.

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  • Amalgamation: Double Your Dobby
    24-pages of text, diagrams, and color photographs, in pdf format for download. Create drafts for 8 or more shafts in half-drop or brick arrangements which would normally require twice the number of shafts. Related to network drafting, this is a technique for intermediate or advanced weavers with dobby looms or multi-shaft table looms. Includes guidelines for amalgamation with three current weaving applications. View on a computer, or print out one copy for your own use. USD$21. via PayPal. Email aschlein[at]att[dot]net and indicate your preferred email address for PayPal.
  • Lampas for Shaft Looms
    Class notes from Complex Weavers Seminars 2016, newly revised and formatted, in pdf form for download. A review of methods for designing your own lampas fabrics for treadle looms, table looms, and dobbies, eight shafts and above. Over 90 color photos of actual fabrics with drafts. Includes info on pickup lampas and a lampas bibliography. View on a computer, or print out one copy for your own use. USD$21. via PayPal. Email aschlein[at]att[dot]net for ordering info.
  • A Crepe Is Not Just a Pancake
    52 pages of text, b&w and color diagrams, and drafts for multishaft tradle & dobby looms. Many color photos of actual cloth. Methods for drafting your own crepe weaves. Annotated bibliography. Pdf available for immediate download. $21. USD. Payment by PayPal. Email me at aschlein[at]att[dot]net for payment instructions.
  • Echo Weave
    Based on the 1996 article in Weaver's, Issue 32. With brand new diagrams and high resolution scans of original fabrics. Pdf available for immediate download. $7. USD. Payment by PayPal. Email me at aschlein[at]att[dot]net for payment instructions.

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May 23, 2008

Deflected Warps, Four Shafts

I found a draft for deflected weft in an old weaving book (sorry, source forgotten) and turned the draft so that it could be woven with the fancy yarns in the warp, and one shuttle (always a good thing, in my opinion). Any fancy yarn could be featured and highlighted this way. The fancy yarn in this case is a thick-and-thin cotton/linen/rayon blend with lots of eyelashes. In the draft you will see that the highlighted yarns are threaded on shaft two, and the warp is wound 5 ends plain, 1 end fancy, repeat. After the fabric is released from tension and wet finished, the fancy yarns meander delightfully, even though in the draft they look like straight lines.

Deflectedwarp

Defllarge

Defldraft

Now - curiouser and curiouser, cried Alice - TypePad is still behaving very strangely, and I hope that they get it together soon. It appears that the post I published yesterday, May 22 (the one about the pirate ship) came out with the date of May 25. We are now truly in Wonderland.

Posted at 06:00 AM in Pixels, Weaving |

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