Name draft created in Fiberworks. Name for threading is: PatCapogrossi.
487 ends.
2 inches of plain weave at each end.
Machine washed and dried.
Yarns are Lunatic Fringe perle cotton.
MAFA2021-006
Purpose: Towels
MAFA2021-007
I like weaving turned twills and find that towels woven with the design have a nice texture as well as visual pattern. I had a partial cone of variegated 8/2 cotton that would not be enough for a full towel, so I started placing stripes in the warp. After weaving the towels on this warp, I found that there are similar striped designs everywhere.
MAFA2021-009
This draft is from a terrific issue of Heddlecraft titled “Wicked Good Weaving—Squares and Grids.” This particular draft, in what Robyn Spady terms “x” style, was a lot of fun to weave. I was really drawn to the “X” motif between the tables.
Please note that my submitted draft corrects a threading/treadling error in the published draft.
MAFA2021-010
This towel represents the many towels I have woven on the straight 8-shaft twill threading using many tie-up and treadling variations in preparation for the MAFA class I am teaching. The threading offers so many options for weaving with the 8 shafts or 4 shafts tied-up and woven as block weaves. This threading offers the weaver so many options on a long warp saving yards of warp waste. There are myriad published options plus it is so easy to create new designs using a design program. I am charmed by the possibilities!
MAFA2019-074
This was my 2019 Cross Country Weavers sample. The assignment was “Stripes in Structure.” The stripes contain 3 Shaft Spot, Basket Weave, and 9 Shaft Hin und Wieder.
MAFA2019-080
The color block design is based on Fibonacci relationships. The blue area is 8 inches wide (160 Ends). The lime green area is 13 inches wide (260 ends). In the weft, there is 3 inches of lime green, then a ¾ inch stripe of blue. The following green and blue stripes are 5 pics each. The remainder if the towel is woven with lime green. The stripes are only on one end of the towel.
MAFA2019-061
I wanted to use the ‘Netting A’ from Davison’s book page 95, but didn’t want to have to move heddles, so I used shafts 7 and 8 to substitute for shafts 2 and 3 when necessary. I also wanted a small selvedge and used shafts 5 and 6 for those. I tried three treadlings, but found the point twill treadling gave the best all-over texture I wanted. I had purchased the multiple shades of gray at the last MAFA Conference and used them for another project. I still had enough to weave this towel. I did have to fudge on the weft as I alternated white with what grays I had left. I used the Fibonacci sequence to design the red stripes for an accent and used a heavier thread for added texture. I am satisfied with the ‘modern’ appearance of the towel and may do more, though I think I’ll use a smaller accent thread as I’m not sure the 8/2 worked as well as I had hoped.
MAFA2019-062
Towel is 8 repeats plus 18 ends to balance. Was 17.83″ in 15 dent reed. The warp had 418 ends of white 20/2 @ 30 EPI and 272 ends of 16/2 blue @ 60 EPI.
From the manuscripts of J. P. Meyer and F. Walbert and Jacob Angstadt. I got this draft from a Marjie Thompson workshop.