tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26055463.post1720813173465056528..comments2024-03-12T07:51:53.150-05:00Comments on Leigh's Fiber Journal: Twills - The BasicsLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26055463.post-31758550598095131562009-01-28T22:28:00.000-05:002009-01-28T22:28:00.000-05:00Hi Anonymous, Correct me if I'm wrong, but I ...Hi Anonymous, Correct me if I'm wrong, but I assume you mean tying up the shafts to the treadles? If you thread the heddles 1st shaft, 2nd shaft, 3rd shaft, 4th shaft, and repeat, (on a 4 shaft loom) then tie: <BR/>shafts 1 & 2 to the 1st treadle, <BR/>shafts 2 & 3 to the 2nd treadle, <BR/>shafts 3 & 4 to the 3rd treadle,<BR/>shafts 1 & 4 to the 4th treadle.<BR/><BR/>Then treadle 1, 2, 3, 4 and you should see the twill pattern. You can reverse the treadling too - 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1, etc. to get a twill zig zag effect. <BR/><BR/>Most weavers also tie the last two treadles for a plain weave:<BR/>Shafts 1 & 3 to treadle 5<BR/>Shafts 2 & 4 to treadle 6.<BR/><BR/>Does this answer your question? If not, let me know. <BR/><BR/>A good book to get is Deborah Chandlers <I>Learning to Weave</I>. It's an excellent resource that I still use.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26055463.post-24440091595120585892009-01-28T20:54:00.000-05:002009-01-28T20:54:00.000-05:00How ever do you set up the heddles for a twill... ...How ever do you set up the heddles for a twill... I have been trying to figure it out for days and it's driving me mad. I have set up the warp twice and neither of them were for a twill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26055463.post-58119237881000797862007-11-28T23:34:00.000-05:002007-11-28T23:34:00.000-05:00Faux Fair Isle! That is a good one!Faux Fair Isle! That is a good one!Laritzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06380883584186444453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26055463.post-29065117466013657682007-11-28T00:55:00.000-05:002007-11-28T00:55:00.000-05:00Wow - thanks! You leave me speechless and that's ...Wow - thanks! You leave me speechless and that's pretty hard to do. I'm so ready to weave and have no time to do it, especially in the next weeks. I read your blog and I get excited and then I get disappointed. I've finished spinning for my next weaving project, and unless we get some snow days, I'm going to be living in the weaving world vicariously through you. Waaahhhh~Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06432035940956042729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26055463.post-9612891090131346172007-11-27T04:56:00.000-05:002007-11-27T04:56:00.000-05:00Thanks for your very clear explanations Leigh. I ...Thanks for your very clear explanations Leigh. I have had fun experimenting with twills but have not really sat down to analyze them. I just like the results!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26055463.post-28926212286617337272007-11-26T15:25:00.000-05:002007-11-26T15:25:00.000-05:00I like the way you set up your images. I'm talkin...I like the way you set up your images. I'm talking computer graphics here, not weaving! I'm indifferent to boxes around photos, but I do like them around the threading diagrams. And I like how you set up the text with the sample photo. You've given me an idea or two!Peg in South Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886923838871937466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26055463.post-81317953768506631722007-11-26T10:45:00.000-05:002007-11-26T10:45:00.000-05:00That explanation was spot on. I always use the 'je...That explanation was spot on. I always use the 'jeans' example too when I'm trying to explain twill!Saywardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01786568555425380404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26055463.post-28207415480452397302007-11-26T09:40:00.000-05:002007-11-26T09:40:00.000-05:00Your explanation of twills is right on. It's much...Your explanation of twills is right on. It's much easier to read your explanation on twills then by "perfessional" weavers and authors. I think by the time they become authors they've forgotten how to write instructions down in a plain and simple matter.<BR/>A couple of friends have woven wall hangings of twill samplers. I've always told myself I would do that some day. Just haven't figured out when.bspinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11385723696922637454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26055463.post-22358821281610741122007-11-26T05:27:00.000-05:002007-11-26T05:27:00.000-05:00I think this is very clear! And very relevant to w...I think this is very clear! And very relevant to what I am weaving right now! I need to get my head around what is actually happening so I can pick up the pattern again if I lose it. This is a great beginning to that. (I may bookmark this one!)Susan B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14429752925288151376noreply@blogger.com