Weaving Twills on 4-Shafts
Welcome to Weaving Twills on 4-Shafts
Explore the many ways you can weave twill fabrics using just 4-shafts, taught by Felicia Lo Wong!
Handwoven twill fabrics have a beautiful drape and can showcase a variety of designs with weft yarn floats that create distinctive diagonal lines. The first project in this Weaving Twills on 4-Shafts workshop will be weaving a twill gamp, which is a way for us to experiment with many different variations of twill. And then using the information we learned from making this twill gamp, we’ll design our own project!
In the course, Felicia makes a series of twill blankets, but you could use the same idea and weave pillows, or a table runner, or a scarf. The twill gamp could be made on a 4-shaft table loom with a 15″ weaving width. The twill blankets can be woven on a 4-shaft floor loom with a 45″ wide weaving width.
Throughout the videos, you’ll learn:
- What is a twill gamp.
- What is interlacement.
- The difference between rising sheds & sinking sheds.
- Treadling “tromp as writ”.
- Dressing the loom for the twill gamp.
- Choosing yarn, sett & calculations.
- Threading & treadling errors.
- Weaving and learning from your twill gamp.
- Planning, designing, weaving, and finishing your twill project!
The course materials include further resources for your twill exploration journey. If you don’t have the materials you need, SweetGeorgia Yarns has created a Sample Gamp Kit for this School of SweetGeorgia course.
Talk about the Weaving Twills on 4-Shafts course with members of the School of SweetGeorgia. Post project pictures, share personal reflections, and join the conversations in our Community Forums!
*Be sure to also visit our Weaving Study Guide: Twills on 4-Shafts, where we will be working through the instructions in this course together!
Tag what you are making everywhere with #sosweaving and #schoolofsweetgeorgia!
Fresh off the loom and currently soaking before wet finishing. Happy with the pattern, warp is preserved, and moving on to shifted color combos. I’m hopping down to the city this weekend to work on a few opera workshops in the evenings, so I’m hoping to warp this up and take it with me! Love the benefits of folding table looms.
After the citric acid soak I’ll be following the Magic in the Water wet finishing methods from SOS. It’s superwash but the fiber will rebound a bit, fluff up, and then when I press the pattern will lock in! Torn on whether or not to twist the fringe since I did hemstitch as always 🧶
#weaving #fiberart #handwoven #crackleweave #offtheloom #fiberartist #loueterica #4shaftloom #sosweaving
Fresh off the loom and currently soaking before wet finishing. Happy with the pattern, warp is preserved, and moving on to shifted color combos. I’m hopping down to the city this weekend to work on a few opera workshops in the evenings, so I’m hoping to warp this up and take it with me! Love the benefits of folding table looms.
After the citric acid soak I’ll be following the Magic in the Water wet finishing methods from SOS. It’s superwash but the fiber will rebound a bit, fluff up, and then when I press the pattern will lock in! Torn on whether or not to twist the fringe since I did hemstitch as always 🧶
#weaving #fiberart #handwoven #crackleweave #offtheloom #fiberartist #loueterica #4shaftloom #sosweaving
Do you find yourself daydreaming of a home or wardrobe featuring your very own handwoven fabrics? How would you go about choosing fabric for your cushion or your chair or your skirt, let alone design that fabric yourself? If form follows function, then let’s start to read our fabrics and understand how different weave structures give us the characteristics we want.
Read Amanda Buckley`s @mandythephilomath new article Three Fundamental Weave Structures (And Why You Need to Know Them), sharing how once you start to see the underlying structures of the fabrics around you, the weaving world is your oyster! Find the post at our SOS Articles–direct link in our IG bio »
#sosweaving #schoolofsweetgeorgia #handwoven #wovencloth #weaving #weavingarticle
Do you find yourself daydreaming of a home or wardrobe featuring your very own handwoven fabrics? How would you go about choosing fabric for your cushion or your chair or your skirt, let alone design that fabric yourself? If form follows function, then let’s start to read our fabrics and understand how different weave structures give us the characteristics we want.
Read Amanda Buckley`s @mandythephilomath new article Three Fundamental Weave Structures (And Why You Need to Know Them), sharing how once you start to see the underlying structures of the fabrics around you, the weaving world is your oyster! Find the post at our SOS Articles–direct link in our IG bio »
#sosweaving #schoolofsweetgeorgia #handwoven #wovencloth #weaving #weavingarticle
Thank to everyone who joined us on Zoom last week for The Full Spectrum Live Lecture with Laura Fry! At this lecture, Laura spoke about how our cloth has a job, and that we must ensure we are considering as many factors as possible so the textile can perform optimally.
If you missed joining us live, the video recording is now available! Watch The Full Spectrum video replay at the Fundamentals of Weaving series page – link in our IG bio »
#sosweaving #schoolofsweetgeorgia
Thank to everyone who joined us on Zoom last week for The Full Spectrum Live Lecture with Laura Fry! At this lecture, Laura spoke about how our cloth has a job, and that we must ensure we are considering as many factors as possible so the textile can perform optimally.
If you missed joining us live, the video recording is now available! Watch The Full Spectrum video replay at the Fundamentals of Weaving series page – link in our IG bio »
#sosweaving #schoolofsweetgeorgia
Taking place later this week on March 1st at 12:00 PM PST, we`re excited to welcome Laura Fry on Zoom for The Full Spectrum, the next live lecture in the Fundamentals of Weaving series. Laura developed this series over the years as a weaver and weaving instructor, and we look forward to learning together next week about the full spectrum of variables when designing hand weaving cloth.
When planning and making a textile, it is important to keep the function front of mind. Whether that function is to be hung on a wall or to dry dishes, there are certain steps that can be taken to make that textile work well for its purpose. Join in as Laura shares with us these variables to be considered. More information at our link in bio »
#sosweaving #schoolofsweetgeorgia
Taking place later this week on March 1st at 12:00 PM PST, we`re excited to welcome Laura Fry on Zoom for The Full Spectrum, the next live lecture in the Fundamentals of Weaving series. Laura developed this series over the years as a weaver and weaving instructor, and we look forward to learning together next week about the full spectrum of variables when designing hand weaving cloth.
When planning and making a textile, it is important to keep the function front of mind. Whether that function is to be hung on a wall or to dry dishes, there are certain steps that can be taken to make that textile work well for its purpose. Join in as Laura shares with us these variables to be considered. More information at our link in bio »
#sosweaving #schoolofsweetgeorgia
Colour gamp scarf. This is using all that hand dyed yarn from my summer holiday project. It’s a wearable example of colour theory! #rigidheddleweaving #rigidheddle #sosweaving
Colour gamp scarf. This is using all that hand dyed yarn from my summer holiday project. It’s a wearable example of colour theory! #rigidheddleweaving #rigidheddle #sosweaving
Livestream recordings from two past meetups are now available at the School! If you missed joining in either the `Lace with Pick-Up Sticks on Rigid Heddle Q&A` hosted by Amanda Wood @amanda_f_wood, or the `Crochet Increases & Decreases Q&A` hosted by Charlotte Lee @charlotte_milkteacup, you can watch the replays to see what members were working on plus learn from the helpful information shared during the online session.
The recordings are listed among the lesson content at each of the course pages. And don`t forget to check our SOS Event Calendar and save the date for all the meetups upcoming.
Livestream recordings from two past meetups are now available at the School! If you missed joining in either the `Lace with Pick-Up Sticks on Rigid Heddle Q&A` hosted by Amanda Wood @amanda_f_wood, or the `Crochet Increases & Decreases Q&A` hosted by Charlotte Lee @charlotte_milkteacup, you can watch the replays to see what members were working on plus learn from the helpful information shared during the online session.
The recordings are listed among the lesson content at each of the course pages. And don`t forget to check our SOS Event Calendar and save the date for all the meetups upcoming.
If you`ve been working through any of our rigid heddle weaving content from the School, including the Lace with Pick-Up Sticks on a Rigid Heddle course taught by Amanda Wood @amanda_f_wood, come and share your projects with us! Today`s weaving crafternoon session will be hosted by Amanda and everyone is welcome to join in to ask any questions about rigid heddle weaving. During the online meetup, we will also be sharing a special giveaway for a $25 SweetGeorgia Gift Card with all of the Zoom participants.
We`ll be starting today, February 1st at 12:00 PM PST (3:00 PM EST)! Find the Zoom link over at the SOS Event Calendar–link in bio. We`ll see you online soon!
#sosrigidheddleweaving #sosweaving #rigidheddleweaving #rigidheddleweaversofig #handwoven #handwovenlace #weaving #weaversofig #schoolofsweetgeorgia
If you`ve been working through any of our rigid heddle weaving content from the School, including the Lace with Pick-Up Sticks on a Rigid Heddle course taught by Amanda Wood @amanda_f_wood, come and share your projects with us! Today`s weaving crafternoon session will be hosted by Amanda and everyone is welcome to join in to ask any questions about rigid heddle weaving. During the online meetup, we will also be sharing a special giveaway for a $25 SweetGeorgia Gift Card with all of the Zoom participants.
We`ll be starting today, February 1st at 12:00 PM PST (3:00 PM EST)! Find the Zoom link over at the SOS Event Calendar–link in bio. We`ll see you online soon!
#sosrigidheddleweaving #sosweaving #rigidheddleweaving #rigidheddleweaversofig #handwoven #handwovenlace #weaving #weaversofig #schoolofsweetgeorgia
Taking place this week at the School...
Join in today`s Knit Meetup with Robyn—starting at 10:00 AM PST, January 30th. Bring any fibre craft project you`re working on and join in this fun and casual chat on Zoom.
And if you`ve been working through the Lace with Pick-Up Sticks on a Rigid Heddle course taught by Amanda Wood @amanda_f_wood, or any of our rigid heddle weaving content, come and share your progress or ask any questions you may have. Everyone is welcome! We`ll also have a special giveaway to share with the Zoom participants! The meetup will take place on Wednesday, February 1st starting at 12:00 PM PST.
Find the Zoom links at the SOS Events Calendar (link in bio) and we`ll see you online soon!
Taking place this week at the School...
Join in today`s Knit Meetup with Robyn—starting at 10:00 AM PST, January 30th. Bring any fibre craft project you`re working on and join in this fun and casual chat on Zoom.
And if you`ve been working through the Lace with Pick-Up Sticks on a Rigid Heddle course taught by Amanda Wood @amanda_f_wood, or any of our rigid heddle weaving content, come and share your progress or ask any questions you may have. Everyone is welcome! We`ll also have a special giveaway to share with the Zoom participants! The meetup will take place on Wednesday, February 1st starting at 12:00 PM PST.
Find the Zoom links at the SOS Events Calendar (link in bio) and we`ll see you online soon!
Here is a list of materials, equipment and downloads needed for Weaving Twills on 4-Shafts course taught by Felicia Lo.
Downloads
Equipment
- 4-Shaft loom-minimum 15"/ 38 cm width for cotton gamp.
- 4-Shaft loom-minimum 20"/ 50 cm width for wool gamp.
- 4-Shaft loom-minimum 40"/ 102 cm width for blanket.
- 12 dent reed
*Please follow this link for Warping Equipment & Additional Tools needed
Materials
Cotton Gamp:
- Warp & Weft: 3 cones of Gist Beam (630 yd / 576 m per 8 oz / 227 g cone; 100% organic cotton). 3/2 organic cotton, 1 each in Natural (warp colour), Cobalt (weft colour), and Hibiscus (contrast colour)
Wool Gamp:
- Warp & Weft: 3 skeins of SweetGeorgia BFL+Silk Fine (370 yd / 338 m per 3.5 oz / 100 g skein; 75% bluefaced leicester, 25% silk), 1 each in Birch (warp colour), Trinket (weft colour), and Lollipop (contrast colour).
Rosepath Blanket:
- Warp: 7 cones of Gist Beam, (630 yd / 576 m per 8 oz / 227 g cone; 100% organic cotton), 3/2 organic cotton in Natural colour.
- Weft for hems: 1 tube of 8/2 un-mercerized cotton Maurice Brassard, (1680 yd / 1536 m per 8 oz / 227 g tube; 100% cotton), in Natural colour.
- Weft for Dandelion Blanket: 3 cones of Gist Beam, (630 yd / 576 m per 8 oz / 227 g cone; 100% organic cotton) 3/2 organic cotton in Dandelion colour.
- Weft for Lighthouse Blanket: 2 blanks of SweetGeorgia Single Sock Yarn Blanks (425 yd / 388 m per 4 oz / 115 g blank; 80% superwash merino wool, 20% nylon), in Lighthouse colour.
- Weft for Magician Blanket: 2 skeins of SweetGeorgia Flaxen Silk Fine (480 yd / 439 m per 4 oz / 115 g skein; 65% silk, 35% linen), in Magician colour.
Additional Supplies shown/demonstrated
- Iron
- Sewing machine and thread
- Additional leash sticks or dowels longer than width of project
Do you have questions about Weaving 4-shaft Twill Materials? Talk about it with members of the School of SweetGeorgia. Post project pictures, share personal reflections, and join the conversations in our Community Forums!
Course Content
About Instructor
Course Includes
- 8 Lessons
