Doubleweave on the Drawloom

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4 жыл бұрын

A record of my first doubleweave sample on the drawloom, with a discussion of lessons learned and issues arising. Warping of the loom is shown together with thoughts about distributing the pattern shafts; a consideration of doubleweave as a drawloom structure; and a weaving demo.
The draft for the sample is adapted from the popular doubleweave coverlet in 'The Treasure Chest of Swedish Weaving' by Ingerlise Skjöldebrand.
Special thanks to Joanne Hall, Mary Jean Martin, and Bettes Silver-Schack for their generous sharing of experience.
~Amy Blair

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@sethreed3554 4 жыл бұрын

thank you for posting about your drawloom work. Your videos are among the best out there going into detail using a drawloom.

@DuellingRabbits 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Seth! I really appreciate the wonderful compliment. I'm working on a new video now about the mechanics of the drawloom's damask shed - diagrams in books always puzzled me but when I started weaving on my own loom everything clicked. I hope it's useful to others ...

@jettevandermeiden8673 4 жыл бұрын

Such an incredibly well done video. Clear, concise and easy to follow. Thank you Amy!

@DuellingRabbits 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Jette - I appreciate that more than I can say, especially since your video 'Weaving Basics: Weaving on a Drawloom' was a major influencer in my decision to become a double-harness weaver!

@jettevandermeiden8673 4 жыл бұрын

Duelling Rabbits Handweaving I’m delighted to hear that! So good to see excellent videos on drawloom. More and more weavers going that direction!

@carolburns8667 Жыл бұрын

Learn so much each time I watch❤️🇨🇦

@DuellingRabbits Жыл бұрын

Awesome! I am glad it stands up to repeat viewing. Are you double-weaving on your own loom?

@ekholmlinnea 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for posting this! After seeing this I plucked up the courage to set up a double weave on the drawloom with 24 pattern shafts. I'm currently halfway through the set up and needed to check if I'm on track. This video is such a great instruction!

@DuellingRabbits 3 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear - thank you so much. Double weave is a lot of fun on the drawloom and you'll be able to do a lot with your 24 pattern shafts. Good luck with your setup!

@cmaur811 Жыл бұрын

Looks so complicated- amazing warping.

@DuellingRabbits Жыл бұрын

Carol, it's all about taking things one step at a time 😉. Thank you for watching!

@Fjente Жыл бұрын

Hello Amy. How inspiring your videos are. But they also raise questions.... I have been wondering for a long time whether I can make a double fabric with a 1-3 / 3-1 twill. Where I use the pattern shafts to lift the desired color to the top. I have some figured out now but not sure if it is correct. Could you help me please? Greetings from the Netherlands Jolanda

@lizkimber 2 жыл бұрын

Did i miss the details about the tie up for the treddles? Is it just plain weave on 4 treddles and ground harnesses.? Im intrigued as to why 4 given its not lower odds/evens and upper odds/even

@jimjasutis5046 Жыл бұрын

Just curious as to the final shape of this project. From what I understand with double weave, you can produce a cloth with one layer on top of the other to give additional thickness, or you can have the two layers open up to produce a cloth with twice the width. What are you shooting for? Thanks.

@DuellingRabbits Жыл бұрын

Jim, double-weave is also a powerful pattern-making technique. In my example, under normal circumstances one layer of cloth would be orange and the other yellow. Pattern appears wherever the layers are interchanged (that is, the bottom layer is brought to the top surface and vice versa). So inside the squares the two layers are separate but at the edges, where the interchange occurs, the two layers are tied together. The result is double thickness but not two separate layers that can be unfolded. We see it a lot in old coverlets, which have complex DW patterning but are woven in panels that need to be sewn together lengthwise. Does that answer your question?

@jimjasutis5046 Жыл бұрын

@@DuellingRabbits Definitely, and thanks for the response. This is such an old video I wasn't sure you still kept track of it. Still looking forward to getting my loom up and running. Can't wait to try some of your techniques. Thanks again.

@DuellingRabbits Жыл бұрын

@@jimjasutis5046 I've been following your adventures on FB. I'm looking forward to seeing your weaving!

@jimjasutis5046 Жыл бұрын

@@DuellingRabbits It will probably be a while, I'm shy, :) I don't know how I missed it before, but I just found your video on tying the safety strings on the heddle bars. I had tried doing it on my own because I had read that it was s good idea, but I had so much slack in mine that they seemed almost useless. That was a really ingenious system you came up with.

@DuellingRabbits Жыл бұрын

@@jimjasutis5046 Not my system, Jim, but I'm glad the vid helped. And please don't be shy - we all had to start somewhere and I know the gang on FB are cheering you on.