2012 Exhibition boat shuttles
The first two shuttles, left to right, have walnut featherwood tops/bottoms, curly cherry as second layers, and curly maple (bird's eye maple) in the center. Black yarn hole surround & slot is ebony, red is pink ivory. Shuttle to far right is 7 layers: bird's eye maple tops/bottoms, then quartersawn sycamore, quartersawn oak, and curly maple in the center.
Straight Draw
Crammed and space threading in reed...use 5dent reed, thread each inch...15epi,10epi,5epi,10epi...repeat for a total of nine inches...using the same size thread throughout. I used alpaca approx 1650ypp...97 ends @ 3yds long. Thread heddles in a striaght draw, set treadles with plain weave on treadle 1(1/3) and 6(2/4), with 2/2 twill on treadles 2(1/2),3(2/3),4(3/4),5(4/1). Treadle 1,2,3,4,5,6,5,4,3,2,...repeat.
