WEAVING -- BASKET WEAVE
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Swatch collection #21. (1) Fabric for a skirt or dress has strong vertical lines and is woven in plain and basket weaves. (2) Fabric for a blouse or T-top has strong line in three-end huck lace weave. (3) Fabric for a cardigan jacket with a diagonal line is woven in 8-shaft corkscrew twill. (4) Fabric for a vest, light jacket or culottes is woven in plain weave with 4/4 basket weave checks. HANDWOVEN Mar-Apr 1990 (v.11#2) pg. 38, 81
Eight-shaft basics A look at the range of design possibilities. Includes drafts for end borders in weft-faced twill and a check that combines plain weave and basket weave in one cloth. Threading and treadling show four variations of a supplementary-warp pattern on four different ground structures. HANDWOVEN Jan-Feb 1992 (v.13#1) pg. 75
Berry Festival fabric swatch woven in two-shaft basket weave with color-and-weave-effect on a rigid-heddle loom. HANDWOVEN Sep-Oct 1998 (v.19#4) pg. 44, 68
Big and little threads. Fabrics that rely on using contrasting sizes of threads to add textural interest. (1) Plain log cabin weave color-and-weave effect fabric woven on four shafts. (2) A simple windowpane overcheck in plain weave on four shafts. Vertical and horizontal lines of heavier thread outline areas of finer thread. (3) Six-shaft 3/3 basket weave. (4) Shadow weave based on twill structure and woven on eight shafts has raised diagonal ridges. HANDWOVEN Nov-Dec 1998 (v.19#5) pg. 50, 72
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