I am wondering if anyone here has made the "Featherweight Throw" (Gretchen Stratton, Handwoven Magazine, 1997) ?
It is one of the blankets in the "best of" E-book titled Double Weave, Double Width.
It's a beautiful blanket in Twill on 8 shafts. I am thinking of tackling it, but I have questions....
Is the tie up for a sinking or rising shed? There are no x's or o's in the tie up box. Just numbers. Does it matter? Jane always says it will just be the opposite on the other side.
Why is no floating selvage mentioned? Does the way it is threaded take care of that?
I saw Alon's post earlier about dropping the first thread in a twill as a way to avoid a floating selvage.
I don't know whether I am allowed to post a picture of any of this for copyright reasons. But you can find the e-book here:
https://shop.longthreadmedia.com/products/best-of-handwoven-doubleweave-doublewidth
It's on page 19-20 (the one with the teddy bear)
Thanks, in advance.

Sounds interesting, though when I follow the link, it looks like I'd have to buy the ebook to see the pages you reference. I am interested in alternative threadings at the salvage too. I do like the looks of the blanket on the cover of the ebook.

Can you link the thread that you mention by @Alon? Im interested in the comment about floating salvages

Yes, unfortunately. I have an all access subscription with Handwoven so that’s how I was able to get it.

Regarding the floating selvedge - I found instructions on how to avoid using floating selvedges on twills. The instructions say "Always start the twill weaving sequence by entering the shuttle on the even side of the warp. The even side refers to the side where the outside thread is threaded in a heddle on an even numbered shaft." I've tested this with a 1,2,3,4 tie up and it works as long as I start treadling with 1/2 or 3/4. I tried a bunch of combinations on paper and these were the only ones that caught the end thread every time. Here's a drawing showing the warp thread movement if you start the treadling with 1,2. The drawing shows the cross-section of the warp threads on a rising shed. Hope the drawing isn't too confusing!
https://ibb.co/vJ6LGTg

That is a great drawing, Kathleen! I have noticed when doing twill on the fly,(as in not planning to do twill but trying it in a "moment of what if") that certain sequences wrapped fine and others didn't. I wasn't really paying attention the first time this happened, but I see now, how it works! Thanks!

When I am not doing double weave, I usually have the center 4 treadles tied up for twill and the outer ones are plain weave. That way I can do it on the fly, so to speak. In such cases where it doesn't catch that outer tread, I just go over or under as a makeshift floating selvage. Works fine as long as I remember to do it and don't get too deep into the "zone" or zen of weaving. LOL.