Twills

Twill, 3/3

The balanced six-shaft twill, a bolder diagonal than 2/2 with the same even face on both sides, a favourite for heavier wool yardage.

The complete draft of Twill, 3/3, 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: 6
Treadles: 6
Repeat: 6 ends × 6 picks
Threading: 1 2 3 4 5 6
Tie-up: 1:1,2,3 2:2,3,4 3:3,4,5 4:4,5,6 5:1,5,6 6:1,2,6
Treadling: 1 2 3 4 5 6
Longest float: 3 warp / 3 weft
Suggested sett: 110 ends / 10 cm

Others in this family

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

Back to the full catalogue from Twill, 3/3, or read the eight introductory structures at length.