Recently I was asked what a "Cross twill" was as it was listed as the weave structure for a particular textile.  I confessed I'd never heard the term and my student sent me a link which showed a point twill.

We wondered if the term was a translation from German or some other European language.  Anyone know what a point twill might be called in other languages and if the word 'cross' might somehow apply?

cheers,

Laura

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Thu, 10/06/2011 - 01:37

Joanne Hall

Sometimes korskypert in Swedish is translated to cross twill.  We call it broken twill.

Joanne

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 03:00

laurafry

Sorry - I wrote point twill when I meant broken twill.  So that's probably it, then.  :)

cheers,

Laura

Mon, 11/28/2011 - 18:54

kerstinfroberg

Having just spent some time surfing, I did find several places picturing (what they called) broken twill. What I saw in the pictures is what I would call broken-reversed (possibly herringbone) twill.

English speakers, please? (left "my" broken twill; right broken-reversed)

Mon, 11/28/2011 - 19:52

Sara von Tresckow

Comes from German - Rergula Buff's book "Bindungslehre" lists "Kreuz- oder gebrochener Koeper" as a chapter section with several examples beginning on p. 62.

The section covers standard 4-shaft broken twill as well as several multi-shaft drafts with more complex variations.

Thu, 01/26/2012 - 18:46

kerstinfroberg

I'm reading a not-so-old "standard" Swe weaving book (Maria Collin: Våra hemvävnader, publ 1926) and found this (my translation):

"When the fabric has diagonal lines from both ends which regularly cross each other, we get 'korskypert' [...]" (second draft below: "broken threading")

This is the first time I have seen this kind of pattern called korskypert ("rutig" (checkered) certainly, or diamond - )

BTW - this is not the Collin found on handweaving.net. Does anybody know if there is still anybody adding scanned books?

Tue, 02/14/2012 - 03:17

Bonnie Inouye (not verified)

Kris is still interested in adding books, I believe. He's in charge of handweaving.net

Kris lives in Coupeville, Washington, USA. Nearly all the books on his website were owned by Ralph Griswold and scanned by Ralph and friends and volunteers. I expect he would be quite interested if you could scan your book. Best to email him first and check. He has a "real" job and also a wife and children at home, and an AVL loom.

I have not seen "cross twill" for this kind of diamond. But here you have found korskypert and a draft. Very neat.

Bonnie

 

Bonnie

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