Twills

Twill, 2/1

Its reverse, warp over two and under one. Three shafts give the cheapest true twill, the denim of a table loom with no fourth harness.

The complete draft of Twill, 2/1, 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: Twills
Shafts: 3
Treadles: 3
Repeat: 3 ends × 3 picks
Threading: 1 2 3
Tie-up: 1:1,2 2:2,3 3:1,3
Treadling: 1 2 3
Longest float: 2 warp / 1 weft
Suggested sett: 95 ends / 10 cm

Others in this family

Twill, 1/2
Twill, 1/3
Twill, 2/2
Twill, 3/1
Twill, 1/4
Twill, 2/3

Back to the full catalogue from Twill, 2/1, or read the eight introductory structures at length.