The lovely 16 shaft silk twill scarf is her latest. The drape and colors in this scarf makes us all want to go out and buy a 16 shaft loom. She did say she used only 8 treadles for the design. And who doesn't love silk?
Twills are characterized by diagonals called wales going across the fabric. Usually a one shuttle weave without tabby. Using more than 4 shafts and threaded 1-16 in twill progression gives the weaver lots of ways to skip, reveres, or tromp as writ to achieve lots of design potential.
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