I am looking for a draft for 8 shafts or less, for doubleweave houndstooth pattern. I have a 36-inch loom and have been asked to weave a warm wool lap blanket with a houndstooth pattern. Much thanks

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Mon, 06/01/2015 - 20:28

Bonnie Inouye (not verified)

Are you looking for a draft for double-width houndstooth? This is easily accomplished with weaving software. Choose a 4-shaft houndstooth draft you like and click on the double width tool for an 8-shaft draft with a fold at one side. Fiberworks has a tool for this and you can use it with their free download. You would need to save it using a screen capture unless you decide to buy the program (a worthwhile investment, in my opinion).

On the other hand, you could be looking for a draft with the design of a houndstooth pattern but expressed as double weave cloth. That is also possible. The blanket will be thicker if it is a doubleweave blanket, as opposed to a double width blanket.

Bonnie Inouye

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 02:35

CelticCats

Not sure this is what you are looking for, but it might get you started in the direction you want to go:

 

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/fiametta/big-houndstooth-with-stripes

 

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The link has been fixed.  Not sure what happened but it was correctly typed.  I did check the link and it now takes me to the correct page.

Mon, 06/01/2015 - 23:02

linfeldman

To clarify, I have a 36-inch loom and looking to make a blanket wider than 36 inches --like 60 inches wide, so 30 inches doubled. And I am looking for this to be a houndstooth twill pattern. The ravelry link doesn't work for me. (I will have to join ravelry and try again) I have never used weaving software and must admit I am old-school and it scares me. Although I could try. Anyone else have ideas?
Mon, 06/01/2015 - 23:33

Artistry

I would suggest getting the book "DoubleWeave" by Jennifer Moore. She explains Double Weave very clearly. After reading that ( and it's not a huge book!) I think you'll be able to do this yourself and forevermore! I advise you this way, because I don't know of any Patterns that teach the technique. Houndstooth is a pattern while DoubleWeave is a technique. Good luck, it will be a beautiful and cozy blanket, I'm sure! Cathie
Tue, 06/02/2015 - 01:19

Sara von Tresckow

1. I logged in to Ravelry and the link is not functional.

2. When considering doing a pattern in double width double weave, do consider that as the two layers go around the beam, they take up at different rates - the top goes a greater distance than the bottom. This can make for an ugly disparity in the density of the fabric.

3. For centuries, weavers have made items such as you wish to make in multiple panels carefully sewn together so that the seams do not show - or if they do, they are decorative.

You might really wish to consider fininding a nice houndstooth and warp twice as long as the blanket you desire, weaving it in two panels, one after the other.

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 04:31

Bonnie Inouye (not verified)

If you do not like the idea of using weaving software, but you need a draft that is a bit unusual, then you can create the draft on graph paper. I learned to weave in 1967 and made many drafts on graph paper.

I think it is easier to visualize double width drafts when one layer of cloth is on the first group of shafts, using shafts 1 through 4 if you want a 4-shaft houndstooth. Then the other layer is on shafts 5-8. When weaving the bottom layer, you have to lift the shafts used for the top layer. Houndstooth is normally woven on a 4-shaft straight draw threading, I believe. It's a color and weave effect. So you could use any draft for double width twill and then change the colors.

If you have never woven double width before, you might want to start with plain weave for both layers.

Sara is right; it could be tricky to maintain the pattern across the fold.

Bonnie Inouye

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 04:31

Bonnie Inouye (not verified)

If you do not like the idea of using weaving software, but you need a draft that is a bit unusual, then you can create the draft on graph paper. I learned to weave in 1967 and made many drafts on graph paper.

I think it is easier to visualize double width drafts when one layer of cloth is on the first group of shafts, using shafts 1 through 4 if you want a 4-shaft houndstooth. Then the other layer is on shafts 5-8. When weaving the bottom layer, you have to lift the shafts used for the top layer. Houndstooth is normally woven on a 4-shaft straight draw threading, I believe. It's a color and weave effect. So you could use any draft for double width twill and then change the colors.

If you have never woven double width before, you might want to start with plain weave for both layers.

Sara is right; it could be tricky to maintain the pattern across the fold.

Bonnie Inouye