12 Twills of Christmas: Twill 6
30 December
While we are in cheat mode, I have to share this simple 4-shaft draft. It is one of my all-time favourites and, as per yesterday, uses a mix of plain weave and twill lifts. In A Handweaver’s Pattern Book Marguerite Porter Davidson calls it cord weave, though it often pops up without any particular name attached. The reason I love it is its potential for highlighting small amounts of colour in warp stripes if the colour is positioned on shafts 1 and 4. The contrasting colour can be used regularly or intermittently across the threading as your design idea demands.
In this draft I have shown a black warp and dark grey weft so that each is visible against the other. When I have actually used cord weave in this way, I have used dark charcoal in both warp and weft and found it very effective.
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Printable drafts and project planning notes for the Twelve Twills collection: six 4-shaft and six 8-shaft twills, all accessed through our beautiful online resource hub.
First posted on weavingspace.co.uk © Cally Booker
