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Pattern and Instructions for 4-shaft Deflected Double Weave Scarf in Collapse Fabric




Weave a scarf with two layers joined by a collapse fabric in the middle -- on just 4 shafts! This download gives you detailed instructions on yarns, sett, picks per inch, and finishing, as well as a WIF file plus a full printed drawdown, including tieup, treadling and liftplan. How is it that such a complex-looking pattern can be woven on just 4 shafts? It's the versatility of Deflected Double Weave, which allows for graphic display of colors and can be woven in two layers and then joined into one. Venne Colcolastic yarn is the other secret ingredient: On the loom and before washing, it behaves like any cotton. But immediately upon immersion in warm water and soap, it shrinks up and draws the surrounding yarns in to form an organic-looking texture, adding lots of visual interest to the fabric.

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'One Warp, Many Structures: an Exploration of Extended Parallel Threading' At-Home Workshop


'Fun House' pattern (provided in the download) 
woven by Virginia Lee

Following the steps in my Convergence 2018 workshop in Reno, NV: This download gives you 24 files in all, so that you can carry out your own at-home workshop. You will receive 12 WIF files -- 6 for 4 shaft looms, and 6 for 8 shaft looms, for Echo Weave (two designs for 4 shafts and 8 shafts each), Turned Taqueté (Jin), Shadow Weave, Rep Weave, and Double Weave -- along with photos of samples and an 11-page handout with full instructions for you to weave all 6 variations on one threading. 

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'Deflected Double Weave for Collapse Fabrics' Workshop Handout

Jacob's Ladder pattern

Making Waves pattern

This download is based on a workshop I taught at Convergence 2018 in Reno, NV. You will receive a 30-page handout with a detailed analysis of this versatile and straightforward weave structure, along with instructions on how to maximize textural effects using collapse-weave techniques. Also included are at-home exercises, a table of setts and yarns to use, full-color photos, and a list of references for further study. In addition, you'll receive two WIF files and instructions on weaving the designs.

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Drawdowns for workshop, 'One Warp, Many Structures: 
An Exploration of Extended Parallel Threading'

 Falling Stars as Echo Weave
Falling Stars as Turned Taquete

This is a compilation of 50 WIF files, all of them structures that I designed for the "One Warp, Many Structures" workshop I taught at Convergence 2018 in Reno, NV. There are 9 different threadings in all: 3 for 4-shaft looms, 3 for 8-shaft looms, and 3 for 12-shaft looms. Each threading has WIF files for weaving as Echo, Turned Taquete, Rep Weave, Shadow Weave, and Double Weave. The aim of the workshop is to learn how to weave all of these structures on one threading, simply by changing the tie up and treadling and weft yarns -- and sometimes re-sleying. This body of work aims to demonstrate the creative potential of extended parallel threadings, providing you with designs you can explore for a long time to come.

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Handout and Drawdowns for 'Paint Two, Beam One: Painting Two Warps and Beaming Them as One' Workshop

In this download you will receive a 23-page workshop handout giving you instructions on choosing colors, preparing dyes, painting two warps and beaming them together on your loom to create one luminous warp. Many structures and designs lend themselves to this technique, including Echo, double weave, Jin, and turned Overshot, among others -- so this download also includes WIFs and PDF threadings, tieups and treadlings for designs on 4, 6, 8 and 12 shafts. In addition, this download includes a color guide, with 4 different palettes to choose from, listing the exact colors to purchase from ProChemical and Dye to paint your warps in the palette of your choice. The workshop is for cellulose fibers (cotton, Tencel, rayon, bamboo, hemp, linen and silk) using MX fiber-reactive dyes.

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Anonymous said…
If we have questions where can we ask them?
August 11, 2018 at 4:11 PM
Denise Kovnat said…
You may email me at dkovn[at]hotmail.com

Please allow up to 24 hours for me to get back to you! Thanks for your interest.
August 11, 2018 at 4:35 PM
Denise Kovnat said…
Thanks Amy! I sent you a PayPal invoice -- but I also fixed the button so that it worked.
August 22, 2018 at 11:26 AM
amyfibre said…
Got it! And paid. Thanks so much. Love, LOVE the name "Purple Cow Creations". :-)
August 22, 2018 at 11:43 AM
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