Season 6 Episode 2 - 8 Shaft Twill Blocks and Tie-up Quadrants
You can purchase the Twill Blocks and Tie-up Quadrant Kit right here and follow along while watching Jane:
https://weaving.link/8-shaft-twill-blocks-kit
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.
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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.