Season 6 Episode 2 - 8 Shaft Twill Blocks and Tie-up Quadrants
There are so many possibilities on one warp if we know how to play with the tie-up box. I know some of you hate getting underneath your loom to change your tie-up. But...when you think about how long that really takes...like maybe 1/2 an hour...and, if your warp is long enough, you can get so many more options while you weave it. A tie-up change takes much less time than making a new warp and redressing your loom.
This project adds 6 more tie-ups to the 6 we learned last year. The graphic is so much fun, the colour play is fantastic. The warp colours are from the simple supplementary project in Season 3 and I used the colours from Parrot in Season 2 for the weft. Graphically, we use everything from Colour and Design. Overlay, overlay, overlay.
I know that not all of you have 8 shaft looms but don't fret, for you kids out there with 4 shafts, imagine the fun you could have playing with all the ideas from Season 2 on this warp. You would have a lot to work with, the warp could stay the same and you could weave it in 2/2 twill, or plain weave, or plain weave with 2/2 twill, or 1/3 & 3/1 twill. Go back and re-watch Season 4 Episode 1...where we do the Twill & Simple Two Stripe Sample...if you play with those ideas on this warp, you'll be over the moon.
You can purchase the Canvas Sample Kit right here and follow along while watching Jane:
https://weaving.link/8-shaft-twill-blocks-kit
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6.2.1 - The Design Journey
Last year in Season 5 we wove beautiful Turned Twill towels with 6 tie-ups and in this episode, we expand with 6 different tie-ups. Here's how we arrived at this lesson's towel project you'll be weaving!
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6.2.2- The Concept of Quadrants
Let's learn and look deeper into quadrants tie-ups and several possibilities we can use to design our cloth.
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6.2.3 -Intro to the Project
We'll have a look at the tie-ups from our project sheets along with the towels.
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6.2.4 - Weaving Instructions
An in-depth look at each towel and how each was woven. Take our your PDF to follow along!
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6.2.5 - 8 Shaft Turned Twill and Tie-up Quadrants at the Loom
Weaving 8 Shaft Turned Twill at the loom. Jane weaves parts of towels 1, 2 and 9.
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6.2.6 - 8 Shaft Turned Twill and Tie-up Quadrants Show and Tell
8 Shaft Turned Twill Show & Tell and looking at lovely towels and scarves woven using quadrants.
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UPDATED APRIL 7 2022 Season 6 Episode 2 - 8 Shaft Twill Blocks Draft PDF
6.21 MB
Your PDF Draft for this episode where you'll weave 12 towels using an 8 shaft loom and learn to frame Lace with Twill, Basket Weave with Twill and Plain Weave with Twill. We play with graphics and colour!
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Season 6 Episode 2 - Photos of Towels Only PDF
18.2 MB
This PDF shows the front and back of each towel from your PDF Draft.
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Linda's Scarf Pattern Draft 4 shaft version PDF
2.19 MB
For all our 4 shaft weavers, here is Linda's Scarf done in 2/2 using only 4 shafts.