This is something I’ve been asked about quite a bit lately, and I think it is most easily explained by video – or three videos, as it turned out. As you may know, you can use image-editing software to create liftplans for Fiberworks, but if you are using Fiberworks for Windows* then you can use the built-in tools to achieve very much the same kind of thing. I like this option as it keeps everything I am working on in one place, and I can switch back and forth between design and draft very easily. Once you get going it is also very quick and easy to make and test variations on your initial idea.
For the purposes of this illustration, I begin with a point threading for doubleweave on eight shafts…
…and conclude with a draft for contrasting mirrored zigzags: dark zigzags on a light ground and light zigzags on a dark ground.
However, this blog post is not intended to be a comprehensive guide: you can apply the process to many other threadings, structures, shapes and it can of course be extended to multiple structures in a single liftplan. I should add that this is not a Fiberworks primer, either! I’m assuming that you know how to use the basic drafting functions to enter a threading, a liftplan etc.
My website does not support downloadable wif files, but I have added the files used in the example to the free Weaving Space Resources Hub. You can get access to the hub by signing up for my email newsletter here.
*Please note that, at the time of writing, the Sketchpad is only included in Fiberworks for Windows and not in Fiberworks for Mac.
First posted on weavingspace.co.uk © Cally Booker
