Am I correct in thinking that if I double everything up on a draft the pattern will be the same but twice as large?. I have found a draft for a goose eye pattern that I would like to try except if I use it at the given draft the goose eyes will be the size of a locust.

The other thing I would quite like to do is to use the goose eye at each end of the project but put some other pattern in between. How easy is it to find another draft using the same tie up?

Many Thanks

Paul

Comments

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 08:42

ReedGuy

If by doubling up you mean more shafts and treadles, yes. Yarn size and sett also influence this. If your using yarn your not used to, the sett may have to be sampled to see how it squares up, because the take up of the beat can change from different yarns. The eyes could be long if the sett is too dense or wide if too open. If you want to use the same tie-up and threading in the piece, then the treadling sequence would be modified to get a different pattern. If you want to incorporate gooseye, I would start with a gooseye threading and tie-up as the basis for the project and modify the treadling sequnce. You can make a horizontal herringbone pattern as one example.

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 13:11

laurafry

Or you could just extend the twill runs to make a larger 'eye'.  PM me if you need more info.

As for setting the goose eyes off, you can weave straight draw or even plain weave between the 'eyes' (although the plain weave will draw in at a different rate than the twill areas).

cheers,

Laura

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 13:11

sally orgren

to get a bigger pattern motif do you mean using two yarns (or a much thicker yarn) instead of just one?

Wed, 05/22/2013 - 13:55

ReedGuy

Yes, by extendng the twill lines you need more shafts. If you increase the lines between the V's then the eye is the same size, just more progressing diamond bands around the eye. A thicker yarn means less sett and if your on 4 shafts and using an 8 epi yarn you get an eye about an inch wide, versus a 32 epi yarn that will be a 1/3 the size. Both warp and weft being equal yarns. Another method to increase the eye size on 4 shafts is to add a couple ends at the apex of the V's, so you have 4 ends then a 5th end is broken and moved to the far shaft, then 4 ends sloped opposite to finish the eye.   Like so, a  \'/  or /.\ instead of a regular \/ or /\. Modify to this in the treadling sequence also.

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 06:22

kerstinfroberg

of differednt sizes: the first is about "extending the twill lines" by using more or fewer straight threadings (and treadlings) before the point(s):

The second is what happens when using different grist of threads, but the same threading/treadling sequence:

The colours are there just to make it easier to compare the "same" threadings/treadlings.

- some books *may* define "goose eye" as a specific number of ends per repeat - in one of mine the smallest point is called "oeil de perdrix", for instance - but not all books are as specific...

Note: in the above, the examples do *not* show the threading repeats. The threading repeats are (1:st pic, from left to right):

/\\\\\\\//////  ;  /\\\//  ;  \/

(2:nd pic, same for all three): /\\\//

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 13:42

sally orgren

a thousand words (thanks Kerstin), but sampling could make the idea even better!

Paulz, let us know what you decide to do, and if you sample, post a photo here!

Fri, 05/24/2013 - 05:23

paulz

Many thanks for this. I will have to do make a samlpe and see which one to go for.

Will let you know.

Paul