I did some research a while back and found a draft for weaving honeycomb on 8 shafts that, basically, was like using 2 4-shaft drafts, one on top of the other, to make a double width waffle weave blanket. I can't, for the life of me, find it now! Does anyone know what I'm referring to? Is there a link i can follow to get this draft? Thank you in advance for any help. Marilyn

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Mon, 02/16/2015 - 11:28

ReedGuy

You can use a 4 shaft whig rose threading, for example, to make honeycomb cells. The back of the cloth has long floats, but if you doubleweave this the floats are inside. If you have treadle 9 and 10 you could use them to bind it in a plan weave stitch every so often. The stitching also emphasises the honeycombs.

Salley Orgren used "wandering vine", but didn't doubleweave it. You could use any overshot threading I think to do your own in doubleweave.

http://weavolution.com/project/sally-orgren/wandering-vine-honeycomb

It is very similar to what Swedes call Gagnefkrus, where you can use a 4 shaft point twill, or rosepath threading to also make honeycombing, after every 6 picks, 1 shot of thicker weft is passed. But you could use the same weft yarn or slightly larger to, and make two picks in plain weave there.

Mon, 02/16/2015 - 12:28

ladytj1754

Thank you. The pattern I was looking at was basically a 4-shaft waffle weave, doubled and half of it was turned upside down. I'm not good at drawing my own drafts, so was hoping I could find an easy one to follow. :) Maybe I'll give it a shot on WaeveIt software! Always good to try something that challenges!
Mon, 02/16/2015 - 20:40

ReedGuy

If you draw the original draft out, the software might have a doubleweave utility to draw the tie-up. I find, with the software, you have to draw the whole threading out or the software will think a part draft (repeat) is the whole thing and make a mess of it. And your right, in that the tie-up will have a mirrorred half since the good side of the other half faces the floor.

Mon, 02/16/2015 - 20:47

ReedGuy

Are you doing a double wide or double thick (double cloth). You can get waffle on both sides without making doublecloth. There are many variations of waffle.

Mon, 02/16/2015 - 21:19

ladytj1754

Hi Reedguy, I am thinking a 4shaft draft, doubled so that half is on shafts 1-4 and the bottom on shafts 5-8. I want one side open, the other closed so I get a double- width cloth when done. I will have to mirror the 1-4 draft for the bottom shafts. I found a 4-shaft waffle in a 'Weaving Today' publication that looks like it might work. I'll put it in my software and double it to see what happens on the drawdown. Funny thing....I hate to spend a bunch of money on good yarn until I figure this out! I'm have to do a narrow, short sample to see if I can figure it out first! I just didn't want to do a single layer waffle weave and have to cut and sew panels together. I always seem to come up with challenging projects!
Tue, 02/17/2015 - 03:41

ReedGuy

Yup, well you'll be making two sheds. When the top layer is woven the threads that sink will sink with all the threads on the other 4 shafts. The threads that rise in the bottom layer will rise with the opposite set of 4 shafts.