The library as data
Weave catalogue
Every structure the library ships, as a table you can filter and sort. The same 42 entries are served as a machine-readable file at /api/weaves.json; the data page documents its schema, and the library essay draws eight of them out at length.
Float is the longest run before a thread binds, warp then weft, computed from each draft and not entered by hand. Sett is a suggested warp sett in ends per 10 cm for a medium cotton or linen; treat it as a sample starting point. Click a name for the full draft and a live drawdown.
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| Structure | Family | Shafts | Treadles | Repeat | Float w/w | Sett | Colour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plain weave | Plain & basket | 2 | 2 | 2×2 | 1 / 1 | 80 | - |
| Basket, 2/2 | Plain & basket | 2 | 2 | 4×4 | 2 / 2 | 60 | - |
| Basket, 3/3 | Plain & basket | 2 | 2 | 6×6 | 3 / 3 | 48 | - |
| Warp rib | Plain & basket | 2 | 2 | 4×2 | 1 / 2 | 70 | - |
| Weft rib | Plain & basket | 2 | 2 | 2×4 | 2 / 1 | 76 | - |
| Twill, 1/2 | Twills | 3 | 3 | 3×3 | 1 / 2 | 90 | - |
| Twill, 2/1 | Twills | 3 | 3 | 3×3 | 2 / 1 | 95 | - |
| Twill, 1/3 | Twills | 4 | 4 | 4×4 | 1 / 3 | 110 | - |
| Twill, 2/2 | Twills | 4 | 4 | 4×4 | 2 / 2 | 100 | - |
| Twill, 3/1 | Twills | 4 | 4 | 4×4 | 3 / 1 | 120 | - |
| Twill, 1/4 | Twills | 5 | 5 | 5×5 | 1 / 4 | 115 | - |
| Twill, 2/3 | Twills | 5 | 5 | 5×5 | 2 / 3 | 108 | - |
| Twill, 3/2 | Twills | 5 | 5 | 5×5 | 3 / 2 | 118 | - |
| Twill, 4/1 | Twills | 5 | 5 | 5×5 | 4 / 1 | 130 | - |
| Twill, 2/4 | Twills | 6 | 6 | 6×6 | 2 / 4 | 104 | - |
| Twill, 3/3 | Twills | 6 | 6 | 6×6 | 3 / 3 | 110 | - |
| Twill, 4/2 | Twills | 6 | 6 | 6×6 | 4 / 2 | 125 | - |
| Twill, 1/5 | Twills | 6 | 6 | 6×6 | 1 / 5 | 118 | - |
| Twill, 4/4 | Twills | 8 | 8 | 8×8 | 4 / 4 | 112 | - |
| Chevron | Point & herringbone | 4 | 4 | 6×4 | 2 / 3 | 100 | - |
| Diamond | Point & herringbone | 4 | 4 | 6×6 | 3 / 3 | 100 | - |
| Rosepath | Point & herringbone | 4 | 4 | 7×7 | 4 / 4 | 100 | - |
| Goose-eye | Point & herringbone | 8 | 8 | 14×14 | 3 / 11 | 108 | - |
| Undulating twill | Point & herringbone | 8 | 8 | 14×8 | 2 / 11 | 110 | - |
| Broken twill | Point & herringbone | 4 | 4 | 4×4 | 2 / 2 | 100 | - |
| Satin, 5 end | Satin & sateen | 5 | 5 | 5×5 | 4 / 1 | 140 | - |
| Sateen, 5 end | Satin & sateen | 5 | 5 | 5×5 | 1 / 4 | 120 | - |
| Satin, 7 end | Satin & sateen | 7 | 7 | 7×7 | 6 / 1 | 150 | - |
| Satin, 8 end | Satin & sateen | 8 | 8 | 8×8 | 7 / 1 | 155 | - |
| Huck lace | Lace & openwork | 5 | 6 | 10×10 | 1 / 5 | 88 | - |
| Mock leno | Lace & openwork | 4 | 4 | 8×8 | 1 / 5 | 84 | - |
| Bronson spot | Lace & openwork | 5 | 5 | 10×10 | 1 / 5 | 86 | - |
| Waffle | Texture | 5 | 5 | 8×8 | 7 / 1 | 96 | - |
| Honeycomb | Texture | 4 | 6 | 6×6 | 1 / 5 | 92 | - |
| Ms and Os | Texture | 4 | 4 | 8×4 | 2 / 1 | 90 | - |
| Crepe | Texture | 4 | 4 | 4×4 | 2 / 2 | 94 | - |
| Log cabin | Colour-and-weave | 2 | 2 | 16×16 | 1 / 1 | 80 | colour |
| Houndstooth | Colour-and-weave | 4 | 4 | 8×8 | 2 / 2 | 100 | colour |
| Shadow weave | Colour-and-weave | 4 | 4 | 8×8 | 2 / 2 | 100 | colour |
| Pinwheel | Colour-and-weave | 4 | 4 | 8×8 | 4 / 4 | 100 | colour |
Want a structure that is not here? Drop a .flxd file in the library folder and it appears in the picker beside these; several lace entries arrived from weavers that way. Build one from scratch in the draft generator.