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he Draft: How to Read Weaving Patterns
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atterns for weaving are written in a form called
“you are here” square. Everything in the draft is read
moving away from that point. In Figure 1, therefore,
read the threading: 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4. Read the tie-up:
treadle 1, treadle 2, treadle 3, treadle 4. Read the
treadling: 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4.
The drawdown shows the interlacement of the
threads. Black squares either indicate raised warp
threads (a warp drawdown), or they indicate weft
threads passing over warp threads that are not raised
(a weft drawdown). In Figure 1, black squares indicate
raised warp threads (a warp drawdown): Shaft 1 is
raised for the first pick; black squares appear under
ends on shaft 1.
a “draft.” he draft is a standardized short-
hand way of explaining how to set up a loom to
weave a particular cloth. Imagine, for example, trying
to tell someone how to warp and weave a complicated
overshot pattern using words alone! Sometimes, how-
ever, the draft seems more like a confusing barrier
than an aid to communication.
Most of the confusion comes from the many differ-
ent ways in which drafts have been written in weaving
literature. If you examined all of your weaving books
and magazines, you would probably find three or four
different formats among them. No format is “right” or
“wrong”; they are each just a different way of conveying
the same information.
1. A basic draft
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he basic draft
A draft for weaving is divided into four parts: the
threading, tie-up, treadling, and drawdown. No
matter what draft format is used, the threading is
always horizontal and the treadling always vertical.
Identify the threading and treadling sections of the
draft in Figure 1.
When you read any draft, always start where the
threading, tie-up, and treadling meet. I call this the
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the “you are here” square
Drafts for weaving can be written in several different ways and give the same information.
2a. threading R to L
treadling T to B
2b. threading R to L
treadling B to T
2c. threading L to R
treadling T to B
2d. threading L to R
treadling B to T
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3a. Overshot name draft by Barbara Walker
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To read a draft: Begin at the
“you are here” square. Areas of
threading or treadling to be repeated
are enclosed in brackets.
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“Use tabby” indicates that a
tabby pick alternates with every
pattern pick but is not shown in
the treadling sequence. Numbers
in the treadling indicate the
number of times a pattern pick is
treadled.
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3b. Treadled from top to bottom
3c. Treadled from bottom to top
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Four draft formats
Figures 2a–d shows the four directional formats in
which a draft can be written. All four are derived from
changing only two elements: the threading, which
can be written from right to left or from left to right,
and the treadling, which can be written from top to
bottom or from bottom to top.
The draft in 2a presents the threading from
right (R) to left (L) and the treadling from top (T) to
bottom (B). In 2b, the treadling is changed to read
from bottom to top. 2c and 2d present the remaining
two options.
We inherit this format because most
weavers in the early part of this century
warped their looms from back to front.
Back-to-fronters sit at the front of the
loom to thread. If they are right-handed,
they are most comfortable threading
from right to left, exactly as shown in the draft.
If, however, as a front-to-backer, you thread sitting
behind the shafts (and you are right-handed) you will
also work from right to left—but this will be in the
opposite direction from the orientation of the draft.
If you are left-handed, you are likely to thread in the
opposite direction from right-handed weavers in
either threading position.
The treadling in the most common draft format is
written from top to bottom probably because we are
used to reading that way. Note that a drawdown in
this format does not accurately represent the cloth,
since we weave from the bottom of the cloth to the
top. The drawdowns in 2b and 2d, for example, show
the cloth accurately—provided the loom has been
threaded and treadled in the directions indicated
in the drafts (the twill also changes direction if the
threading is reversed; compare 2a and 2c; 2b and 2d).
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use tabby
he most common format
Figures 1 and 2a are written in the drafting format
that is used in most of the weaving literature from
this century.
You have probably wondered why the threading
is written in the opposite direction from the way we
write words. his has its origin in the idea that the
draft is a picture of the setup on the loom. You are
presumed to be standing in front of it. he irst thread
on shaft 1 is at your right; the treadles are tied so that
the left treadle is treadle 1.
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For many interlacements there is no visual difference
between a top-to-bottom drawdown and the cloth.
Asymmetrical block designs can be affected by
reversing treadling direction. See Barbara Walker’s
4-block overshot draft on page 2. If the treadling is
followed from top to bottom in Figure 3a, the woven
cloth looks like the drawdown in 3b. If the treadling
is followed from bottom to top, the woven cloth looks
like the drawdown in 3c. Symmetrical block designs
are not affected by treadling direction.
It makes as much sense to write threading drafts
from left to right (the way we read) as from right
to left since threading direction (front to back or
back to front) varies so much today. Weavers are so
accustomed to the right-to-left format, however, that
we will continue to present drafts that way.
Numbers are used in the tie-up instead of symbols
to make the shafts easier to distinguish when many
shafts are used. Numbers always indicate shafts that
are raised. Since countermarch looms raise and sink
shafts, tie the blank squares to lower shafts and the
numbered squares to raise them when you are working
with countermarch looms; see Figure 4. Tie the blank
squares to lower shafts for counterbalance looms.
Because you may meet many different drafting
formats in your weaving life, it is very helpful to learn to
use them all. It is safe to read all drafts beginning at the
“you are here” square. If a different order is intended but
not indicated in the draft, the worst that can happen is
that twill diagonals will be flipped, or you’ll weave the
tops of your hearts or the heads of your turtles first.
Handwoven drafts
Our goal is that all the drafts in Handwoven and
Interweave books are clear, accurate, and easy to read.
Since project drafts do not include drawdowns, there
is no compelling reason to place the threading at the
bottom of the page and write the treadling from bottom
to top. A top-to-bottom treadling, in addition to being
easier to follow, places the most important parts for
loom setup—the threading and the tie-up—at the top
of the page.
4a. Tie-up for a jack loom
4b Tie-up for a countermarch loom
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upper lamms
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Shafts rise and sink.
Shafts rise.
Numbers in the tie-up
indicate shafts that go up.
In the tie-up,
o = up; x = down.
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oday
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Collapse-Weave Scarf
with High-Energy Merino Wool
by Anne Field
ripples and waves are a weaver’s delight, especially since the usual cloth plane is so lat. this scarf combines
two merino wools, one of which has extra twist. as a result, it goes into magic motion when it is wet-inished.
the difference in twist and diameter of the two yarns creates a delicious texture!
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