The weaver woven
How plain, twill and satin weaves are built, and how tartan and houndstooth form on the cloth as it is woven, drawn thread by thread.
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Tartan repeats one stripe list in warp and weft, usually woven in 2/2 twill. See why three yarn colors make up to six on the cloth, and why blends can cover half of it.
"Kenneth Sutherland, 3rd Lord Duffus, d. 1734. Jacobite" by Richard Waitt — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kenneth-sutherland-3rd-lord-duffus-d-1734-jacobite.jpg — Public domain (Richard Waitt d. 1732, PD in US and EU)
Plain weave, twill and satin all cross warp and weft at right angles and differ only in where the crossings fall. Satin names a weave, not a fiber.
"Weaver" by Vincent van Gogh — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vincent_van_Gogh_-_Weaver_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg — Public domain (Vincent van Gogh d. 1890, PD in US and EU)
Woven houndstooth's teeth aren't drawn. Computed here: four dark and four light threads each way in a 2/2 twill hook the checks; two and two give only lines.
"Blanket" by Auckland Museum — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blanket_(AM_1931.509-5).jpg — CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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