Tripleweave part 2

As can be seen in this photo the edges of the wool strips when they weren't on the top of the weave were being "sewn" through the other layers at the edges. I've finally worked out a way to avoid this with some changes to the lift plan and separate series of treadling, one for each of the wool strips. 

To be able to weave the three wool strips as a separate layer:

• they each need to each be on their own set of shafts
• there can be no interlocking at the shuttles at the selvedge or a separate selvedge weave - the edges of all the layers must remain open.

I decided to cut off what I had done so far and so wove in a lease stick. After cutting off the weave, I can preserve the tension by tying this stick back onto the front beam.

After wet finishing the this side shows more or less my intention - wool loops, which dive between the white and yellow cotton layers, then later re-emerge of the reverse side. The differential shrinkage giving the fabric some puff and structure. (I cut the wool where it was previously sewing layers together for this picture).

The reverse side as currently woven has the wool strips "sewn" to the other layers at their edges even though they are a separate layer. Some more drafting to correct this, then hopefully a larger sample off the existing warp.

These exercises improve my drafting skills and knowledge even though they may not produce something useable or beautiful at the first attempt. Cotton is much cheaper than more exotic yarns and so is a useful test material for passive yarns.