Because each pick may be a different color, endless designs and great detail are possible. In 'Tabby to Taquete', Nancy Hoskins includes Samplers using 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 15, and 16-shaft drafts. The more shafts, the more details you can weave in a figure or motif. Boundweave is a general term and includes many techniques such as Krokbragd, Flesberg, Rosenbrogd, Rosepath, Treskaft, and others.īoundweave variations can be woven with two or multiple shafts. Weft-faced weaving is used in tapestry techniques, in rug making, and in weft-faced pattern weaves, often termed boundweave.

They are heavier and will not have the same drape as a balanced weave fabric so you probably wouldn’t choose this structure for a scarf or shawl. Generally, weft-faced fabrics are thick and dense. They are ideal for household textiles such as rugs, runners, coverlets and pillows, as well as outerwear. And in balanced weave, the warp and weft threads are basically the same number per inch. Now you may ask, if the fabric cutting on my hand is without selvedge. Any fabric created on a loom will have a warp and weft thread. Weft threads are the threads that run from selvage to selvage (side-to-side, horizontally). This is the easiest way to identify them. Warp threads are the threads that run along the length of the yardage (up-and-down, vertically) and parallel to the selvage (horizontal axis). The direction vertical to the selvedge is the weft. Just the opposite in warp-faced, where the warp threads are sett very tightly. What is the difference between warp and weft In the daily used fabric, the direction parallels to the selvedge is the warp. In weft-faced, the warp threads are spread further apart, allowing the weft to pack in tighter and cover the warp. If you look closely at the above photos, you may notice differences in the sett, or number of threads per inch, in each of the structures. You see the pattern comes from the various colors in the warp, whereas the weft is essentially hidden. Above is a band I wove for my Swedish Art Weave bag. Just as the name implies, the warp is emphasized and the weft is not seen.

Warp and weft