Discourse on Draft Notation
I made this book in my third semester: weave structures from plain and twill to honeycomb, huck‑a‑back, mock leno and extra warp and weft, each drawn as a draft, a colour view and a fabric view, with artworks and compositions built from them.
As you turn the pages of this book, you gain a deeper understanding of the craftsmanship that goes into the fabrics that surround us. The language of weave draft notation serves as a timeless code: patterns emerge from the interplay of warp and weft.
A draft is a grid. Each column is a warp end, each row a pick of weft, and a filled square marks where the warp lifts over it.
Plain weave. Warp and weft cross at right angles, over one and under one: balanced, strong and flat on both faces.
Ends run up the page, picks across. Drawn here to show the notation; the book holds my own drafts.
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