Point & herringbone

Rosepath

A seven-end point whose turned treadling makes a row of linked lozenges; the base of a whole folk tradition of banded borders.

The complete draft of Rosepath, shaft 1 along the top row: threading across the top, tie-up top-right, treadling down the right and the computed drawdown at the lower left, where a filled square marks a warp end lying over the weft - edit it live in the generator

Draft

Family: Point & herringbone
Shafts: 4
Treadles: 4
Repeat: 7 ends × 7 picks
Threading: 1 2 3 4 3 2 1
Tie-up: 1:1,2 2:2,3 3:3,4 4:1,4
Treadling: 1 2 3 4 3 2 1
Longest float: 4 warp / 4 weft
Suggested sett: 100 ends / 10 cm

Others in this family

Chevron
Diamond
Goose-eye
Undulating twill
Broken twill

Back to the full catalogue from Rosepath, or read the eight introductory structures at length.