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Satin & sateen

Satin, 5 end

Five shafts, one binding point per pick placed so no two touch. Almost unbroken warp on the face; light off the long floats gives the sheen.

The complete draft of Satin, 5 end, 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
Satin & sateen
Shafts
5
Treadles
5
Repeat
5 ends × 5 picks
Threading
1 2 3 4 5
Tie-up
1:2,3,4,5  2:1,2,4,5  3:1,2,3,4  4:1,3,4,5  5:1,2,3,5
Treadling
1 2 3 4 5
Longest float
4 warp / 1 weft
Suggested sett
140 ends / 10 cm

Others in this family

Back to the full catalogue from Satin, 5 end, or read the eight introductory structures at length.