Shadow weave isn’t a structure, it’s a color-and-weave effect. You can think of it like log cabin for twill instead of plain weave, but its structure is actually much closer to plain weave than twill. This makes it an ideal choice for soft, luxurious, chenille fabrics, since the yarn is less likely to worm in a structure with a lot of interlacement.
In this mini course you’ll learn how to create your own original shadow weave draft in just a few minutes by starting with a twill threading and following six quick and easy steps. (Okay, one is slightly fiddly, but the others make up for it by being super easy.)
We’ll begin with the little twill threading on the left and wind up with the shadow weave draft on the right…
…but you can follow the steps using any twill threading you like!
For a second example of the process, the video demo at the end of the course takes you through the same steps with a different twill draft. You can refer to it at any time to see each of the steps happen in real time.
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Shadow Weave from Twill
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I loved this mini course! I used the example and played along as I read, and it was all so clear and fun. Then I decided to use a 4S namedraft that I had created recently. I happily added threads all the way across, but forgot about the fiddling with the points and came up with pic#1. Pic#2 is the name draft, and the issue is that there is a straight draw, then a bunch of mini-points within a larger point. So Pic #3 is after adding the blank threads and adding the first one. But where to go from here? What is considered a point? Is this draft not possible to do an actual shadow weave, or can it be ‘fudged’? #4 is the wif in case Janet wants to play…hmm…it is telling me I can’t upload a file of that type (wif) so no #4
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When the reversals come so close together, things get funky. Remember that the inserted parallel is symmetrical about points. Following that rule with your namedraft gave me the attached, which is funky because the new ends are on the same shaft a few times in a row. It’s got more floats that are closer together than shadow weave usually has, and I think you might get some fun (or at least wacky) deflection – kind of a bit of lace at the middle of the motif.
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When eight shafts are available, you can turn overshot into deflected double weave with better results than trying to turn it into 4S shadow weave.
Here’s your buen camino as DDW, with just one tie-up of many possibilities.
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Thanks for the shadow weave wif. Who knows if I will weave it – I just chose that draft to play with because it was in the ‘recents’ pile, but the irregularity of it ended up being educational! Also, when I first started down this darn woven camino path back in the early summer, the first thing I did was create DDW drafts. I may still go back to it one day. Adding yours to my collection. Here are 3 I came up with months ago. I think there are some fun possibilities in this direction!
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Rabbit Hole!!! So many choices and your video is extremely helpful to follow each step while switching between my working draft on Handweaving.net. I should have applied the KISS method from the beginning🤣
Tenacity prevailed: I may have achieved a Shadow Weave choosing random on Twill Generator. Still need advice on random dot and dash patterns.
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