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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March 26, 2023

Weaving Upside Down & Rightside Up

I showed you this Park Weave example a few days ago, and thought I'd try it with another color/yarn/fiber combination. It had more risers than sinkers, though, so I tried weaving it upside down––that is, with the liftplan inverted––so that I had fewer levers to push. 

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I don't have any pictures of the upside down version, but let me tell you: even though the weaving was easier upside down, the visual experience while weaving was more interesting in the rightside up version. 

So I embarked on another block arrangement, also rightside up (some of the picks lift 7 of the 8 shafts!). The pattern weft this time is 3/2 perle cotton. 

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I am attempting to keep the diagonals at about 45° and I believe it's pretty close.

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Recently finished reading Julie Otsuka's The Swimmers (loved it) and Emily St. John Mandel's Last Night in Montreal (kind of a mess). 

Posted at 03:00 PM in Books, Design, Weaving |

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