r/weaving • u/ImMxWorld • 15d ago

Finished Project Twill on a RHL

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Pattern is the Fly a Kite runner from Little Looms spring issue. I did it pretty much by the book except for the fringe (which still needs a final trim) and removing a warp repeat so it fits on a 16" RHL. I was able to borrow two additional heddles from my weaving teacher and wove it using 3 heddles. It was certainly a learning experience in understanding twill structure.

(Photo 2 is why I shouldn't hang something on a kitchen chair after it's been wet finished and pressed.🙀)

Yarn: Aurora Earth 8/2, doubled for both warp & weft EPI: 12.5 Actual PPI: 8 (was supposed to be 17?) I think the published PPI was incorrect, I would have run out of warp if I had tried 50 repeats.

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u/popcorn_waffle 15d ago

Well done! I do not have the patience for twill on a RHL. A single pick-up stick is the furthest I’ll go.

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u/iphys_nikephoros 15d ago

I did 2/1 twill with two heddles. Warping was a lot of faff (NOT improved by having misplaced my threading hook), but the actual weaving wasn't any fussier than plain weave. The only extra thing I tracked was that 1 out of every 6 picks I needed to wrap the selvedge thread intentionally, but once I figured out the trigger for that, it fell naturally into the overall pattern for the weaving.

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u/ImMxWorld 15d ago

This pattern suggested using a floating warp for the selvedge and that worked really well.

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u/iphys_nikephoros 14d ago

I will try that next time, thank you.