Free weaving drafts

Classic colour-and-weave patterns, checks, stripes and twills, each with its full draft. Open one in Weave Patterner to change the colours, size or structure, or find them all in the app under Colours and presets.

• Plain weave

  Tabby on 2 shafts, over one and under one: dark warp and light weft

• Houndstooth

  2/2 twill, 4 dark and 4 light in warp and weft

• Puppytooth

  A small houndstooth: 2/2 twill, 2 dark and 2 light

• Glen check

  Prince of Wales check: 2/2 twill, blocks of 4-and-4 houndstooth beside 2-and-2 puppytooth

• Gun club check

  2/2 twill: a light ground checked with dark and accent in turn, 4 threads each

• Log cabin

  Plain weave, dark/light alternating, swapping phase every 8 threads

• Hairline stripes

  Plain weave, 1 dark and 1 light in warp and weft: fine lines across the cloth

• Gingham

  Plain weave, 4 dark and 4 light in warp and weft

• Buffalo check

  A bold check: 2/2 twill, 8 dark and 8 light in warp and weft

• Windowpane

  2/2 twill on a light ground, with 2 dark threads every 16 in warp and weft

• Tattersall

  Plain weave on a light ground, with lines of dark and accent in turn, 8 threads apart

• Basket check

  2/2 basket weave, 4 dark and 4 light in warp and weft: a stepped check

• Pinstripe

  2/2 twill in dark, with a light end every 8 in the warp: suiting stripes

• Herringbone

  2/2 twill turning every 8 ends, dark warp and light weft

• Bird’s eye

  Point twill threaded and treadled 1 2 3 4 3 2: small diamonds, dark warp and light weft

• Denim

  3/1 twill: dark warp on the face, light weft on the back

• Broken-twill check

  8-shaft advancing twill with a 4/4 dark and light check