Drawloom ABC

A - Single unit drawloom

Anything you draw on graph paper can translate into a stunning woven picture in damask. The single unit is the simplest of drawlooms.

One draw cord controls each unit of structure in the weave, giving you the opportunity to create free-form designs.

Your warp of choice will be beamed before you get here, and your first day will be split between threading and designing your masterpiece, using our extensive library of patterns to combine as you like.

B - Opphämta on the shaft drawloom

Produce repeated float patterns across the warp on a plain weave ground, using the shaft drawloom's delightful little pull handles to raise the pattern shafts.

You'll thread the long pattern heddles on one shaft, and later separate them onto the pattern shafts. There will be guidance to help you choose a pattern threading and create beautiful patterns to go with it.

After a piece is woven, we may encourage you to collect all of the pattern heddles on one bar again, and re-divide them with a different pattern threading. This is a great way to familiarize yourself with the equipment and the possibilities.

C - Shaft draw damask

Produce some of the most pleasing designs that repeat themselves across the width of the warp, by weaving damask with pattern shafts.

You'll thread mallions on one shaft, and later separate them onto the pattern shafts. There will be guidance to help you choose a pattern threading, and to create beautiful patterns to go with it.

After a piece is woven, we may encourage you to collect all of the pattern heddles on one bar again, and re-divide them with a different pattern threading.

Pattern threading possibilities include straight, pointed, or block designs. The pattern threading can be changed midway through the weaving of your warp, giving a broad variety of weaving possibilities for one warp.

Experienced drawloom weavers may want to try out the "Combination" system, which combines single unit patterning with the shaft draw system.