Weaving Basics

Generations of weavers have used drafts to pass on information to their students and colleagues, so let’s continue that historic tradition by working through the components of the weaving draft piece by piece.… Read More

The threading draft is the instruction that tells you how you need to thread your warp for a specific pattern.… Read More

The tie-up is an essential piece of information when you are weaving on a floor loom with treadles. … Read More

The treadling is the last piece of the weaving draft puzzle for floor loom weavers. In this post we learn how to read and interpret it.… Read More

Liftplan drafts are associated with table and dobby looms.… Read More

The drawdown is essentially a diagram of the woven cloth. Every square in the grid shows one point of interlacement between warp and weft.… Read More