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Drafts are used to describe how to set up and weave a pattern. A weaving draft contains a tie-up (how to connect the shafts/harnesses to the treadles). The order of placing the threads into the heddles on the shafts, and the order in which the treadles are pressed in order to weave the desired pattern. These drafts are only a sampling of what is available. In many cases, by following the link you may be able to download a WIF format file of the draft (if you have computer weaving software you will be able to import this file and adjust it to fit your particular weaving loom and project design.)

2 Shaft Weaving Drafts –

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  Hand Weaving Draft: Page 3, Figure 21, Donat, Franz Large Book of Textile Patterns, 2S, 2T - Handweaving.net Hand Weaving and Draft Archive
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  Hand Weaving Draft: Page 3, Figure 23, Donat, Franz Large Book of Textile Patterns, 2S, 2T - Handweaving.net Hand Weaving and Draft Archive
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  Hand Weaving Draft: Figure 1690, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 2S, 2T - Handweaving.net Hand Weaving and Draft Archive
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  Hand Weaving Draft: Figure 114 (a), A Manual of Weave Construction, Ivo Kastanek, 2S, 2T - Handweaving.net Hand Weaving and Draft Archive
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  draft image: Figurierte Muster Pl. XVIII Nr. 7, Die färbige Gewebemusterung, Franz Donat, 2S, 2T
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  draft image: Karierte Muster Pl. XI Nr. 1, Die färbige Gewebemusterung, Franz Donat, 2S, 2T
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  draft image: Figurierte Muster Pl. XVIII Nr. 8 (b), Die färbige Gewebemusterung, Franz Donat, 2S, 2T
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  draft image: Figurierte Muster Pl. XX Nr. 6, Die färbige Gewebemusterung, Franz Donat, 2S, 2T
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  draft image: Karierte Muster Pl. XI Nr. 3, Die färbige Gewebemusterung, Franz Donat, 2S, 2T
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  draft image: Figurierte Muster Pl. XXII Nr. 1, Die färbige Gewebemusterung, Franz Donat, 2S, 2T - this could be done with warp/weft doubled, or with string heddles, or just with warp/weft being just one end - in which case I'd use a dk/sport weight w/my 10 dent heddle.
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  Hand Weaving Draft: Figure 1694, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 2S, 2T - Handweaving.net Hand Weaving and Draft Archive
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  Weaving Draft Figure 1694, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, Germany, 1915, #44219
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  Hand Weaving Draft: Page 21, Figure 15, Posselts Textile Journal, July 1908, 2S, 2T - Handweaving.net Hand Weaving and Draft Archive
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  Weaving Draft
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  draft image: Karierte Muster Pl. XI Nr. 2, Die färbige Gewebemusterung, Franz Donat, 2S, 2T
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  draft image: Page 152, Figure 10, Textile Design and Color, William Watson, Longmans, Green & Co., 2S, 2T
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  Hand Weaving Draft: Page 21, Figure 18, Posselts Textile Journal, July 1908, 2S, 2T - Handweaving.net Hand Weaving and Draft Archive
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  Hand Weaving Draft: Figure 1693, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 2S, 2T - Handweaving.net Hand Weaving and Draft Archive
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  Hand Weaving Draft: Page 169, Figure 11, Orimono soshiki hen [Textile System], Yoshida, Kiju, 2S, 2T - Handweaving.net Hand Weaving and Draf...
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  Hand Weaving Draft: Figure 1703, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 2S, 2T - Handweaving.net Hand Weaving and Draft Archive
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  Hand Weaving Draft: Figure 1703, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 2S, 2T - Handweaving.net Hand Weaving and Draft Archive
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  Hand Weaving Draft: Page 3, Figure 1, Donat, Franz Large Book of Textile Patterns, 2S, 2T - Handweaving.net Hand Weaving and Draft Archive

4 Shaft Weaving Drafts –

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  Small Single Snowball
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  4 shaft weaving drafts
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  The Weavers Overshot Challenge – Historic Weaving
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  Draft Solutions
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  Weavers Overshot Challenge Game Piece Pack
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  Many weaving drafts! 2,3,4 etc shaft!
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  The Historic Reticule Project – Historic Weaving
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  100 Horizontal Stripes Project – using stripes to create handwoven Christmas ornaments – Historic Weaving
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  Just Getting Started Weaving? – Historic Weaving
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  Historic Weaving – Weave with me.
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  Weaving a Ribbon Heart – Historic Weaving
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  Simplify warp calculations, develop pricing for wholesale and retail for your products. Metric and English units.
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  Use a warp calculator to plan and price your handwoven goods for sale. Avoiding project failures due to: • Not being able to warp the loom because there are not enough heddles on the loom •     Not being able to weave the project because you are using a loom too small for the project. • Not having enough yarn to complete the project • Fabric does not feel or look right for its intended use - either too loose, or too stiff.
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  Sample page from Radiating Patterns
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  100 – 4 Shaft Drafts for Boundweave – Weave Your Story – Historic Weaving
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  Ludvika Overshot 4 Shaft Treadle Weave Draft
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  draft image: Four Shaft Waffle, Handweaving.net Visitors, 4S, 4T
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  Weaving so Hot it is STEAM

8 Shaft Weaving Drafts –

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  958-W Beginning Drafting | Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild
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  Handweaving.net: Weaving Draft Tafel 39 Fig. 2, Kurzgefaßtes Lehrbuch über Weberei zum Gebrauche für Webeschulen und zum Selbstunterricht, Carl Werner, Glauchau, Germany, 1865, #72248
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  Draft Solutions
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  Weavers Overshot Challenge Game Piece Pack
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  draft image: Plate 36, Figure 22, Dictionary of Weaves Part I by E.A. Posselt, 8S, 8T
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  100 Horizontal Stripes Project – using stripes to create handwoven Christmas ornaments – Historic Weaving
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  Polychrome Tile Project – Historic Weaving
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  Historic Weaving – Weave with me.
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  Weaving a Ribbon Heart – Historic Weaving
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16 Shaft Weaving Drafts – if your loom is more than 8 shafts but less than 17 look here

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  Drall with a dot
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  Узоры.
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  draft image: Page 1, Figure 2, Posselt's Textile Journal, April 1911, 12S, 14T
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  Hand Weaving Draft: Threading Draft from Divisional Profile, Tieup: Drafted by author, Draft #61136, Threading: Weber Kunst und Bild Buch, Marx Ziegler, (1677) # 12, Treadling: Weber Kunst und Bild Buch, Marx Ziegler, (1677) # 9, 16S, 16T - Handweaving.net Hand Weaving and Draft Archive
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  draft image: Plate No. 3 Weave No. 9, A Treatise on Designing and Weaving Plain and Fancy Woolen Cloths, A. A. Baldwin, 17S, 17T
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  draft image: Page 93, Figure 25, Bindungs-Lexikon für Schaftweberei, Franz Donat, 16S, 16T
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  draft image: Page 37, Figure 4, Christian Morath Pattern Book, 16S, 12T
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  draft image: 16 zu 16, 011, Old German Pattern Book, Untitled and Unbound, 16S, 16T
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  Hand Weaving Draft: Threading Draft from Divisional Profile, Tieup: 16 Harness…
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  draft image: Page 217, Figure 4, Orimono soshiki hen [Textile System], Yoshida, Kiju, 16S, 16T
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  draft image: Figure 1252, Atlas de 4000 Armures, Louis Serrure, 16S, 18T
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  draft image: Page 150, Figure 17, Donat, Franz Large Book of Textile Patterns, 16S, 16T
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  draft image: Figure 1307, Atlas de 4000 Armures, Louis Serrure, 16S, 24T
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  Weaving Draft Figure 1310, Atlas de 4000 Armures, Louis Serrure, France, Uncertain Date, 1920?, #36201
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  draft image: Classical Collection 4541, Classical Collection 5, compiled by Ralph Griswold, 16S, 16T
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  draft image: Page 163, Figure 04, Atlas D'Armures Textiles, B. Fressinet, 16S, 48T
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  draft image: Figure 1317, Atlas de 4000 Armures, Louis Serrure, 16S, 26T
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  draft image: Classical Collection 5207, Classical Collection 6, compiled by Ralph Griswold, 16S, 32T
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  draft image: 16 zu 16, 209, Old German Pattern Book, Untitled and Unbound, 16S, 16T

24 Shaft Weaving Drafts – 17 to 24 shaft looms

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  draft image: Classical Collection 5761, Classical Collection 6, compiled by Ralph Griswold, 20S, 12T
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  draft image: Classical Collection 5540, Classical Collection 6, compiled by Ralph Griswold, 18S, 20T
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  draft image: huw564_022, Drawdown Automata Project, Ralph Griswold, 24S, 24T
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  draft image: Classical Collection 5541, Classical Collection 6, compiled by Ralph Griswold, 18S, 24T
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  draft image: Threading Draft from Divisional Profile, Tieup: Donat, Franz Large…
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  draft image: Figure 3071, Atlas de 4000 Armures, Louis Serrure, 20S, 20T
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  draft image: Page 61, Figure 6, Textile Design and Color, William Watson, Longmans, Green & Co., 24S, 24T
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  draft image: Page 249, Figure 10, Donat, Franz Large Book of Textile Patterns, 16S, 16T
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  17-shaft, 32-treadle
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  Mano Weaving Progetto: Profilo distorta Morath, modificato Morath tie-up, 22S, 22T - Handweaving.net mano tessitura e Draft Archive
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  Hand Weaving Draft: Firebird 16s point twill, Drafted by author, 16S, 16T - Handweaving.net Hand Weaving and Draft Archive
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  eternity-knot-hearts
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  Hand Weaving Draft: Figure 918, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 24S, 24T - Handweaving.net Hand Weaving and Draft Archive
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  Hand Weaving Draft: Figure 763, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 24S, 24T - Handweaving.net Hand Weaving and Draft Archive
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  Figure 753, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 24S, 24T
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  Figure 687, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 24S, 26T
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  Hand Weaving Draft: Figure 685, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 24S, 24T - Handweaving.net Hand Weaving and Draft Archive
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  Hand Weaving Draft: Figure 684, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 24S, 24T - Handweaving.net Hand Weaving and Draft Archive
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  Hand Weaving Draft: Figure 682, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 24S, 24T - Handweaving.net Hand Weaving and Draft Archive
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  Figure 583, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 24S, 24T

More Than 24 Shaft Weaving Drafts –

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  draft image: Figure 3407, Atlas de 4000 Armures, Louis Serrure, 28S, 34T
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  draft image: Figure 3412, Atlas de 4000 Armures, Louis Serrure, 28S, 50T
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  draft image: Figure 2161, Atlas de 4000 Armures, Louis Serrure, 20S, 50T
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  WEAVING LIBRARY : DOBBY FABRIC / FIGURED FABRIC / JACQUARD AND DRAWLOOM STUDY: J. LOIR book #3 Jacquard
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  Figure 995, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 40S, 40T
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  Figure 754, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 40S, 40T
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  Figure 728, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 35S, 40T
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  Figure 727, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 40S, 40T
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  Figure 735, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 51S, 27T
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  Figure 721, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 24S, 24T
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  Figure 720, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 24S, 72T
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  Figure 722, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 60S, 60T
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  Hand Weaving Draft: Figure 693, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 80S, 88T - Handweaving.net Hand Weaving and Draft Archive
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  Figure 714, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 34S, 18T
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  Figure 708, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 44S, 48T
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  Figure 692, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 25S, 24T
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  Figure 690, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 40S, 40T
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  Figure 623, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 60S, 60T
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  Figure 622, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 58S, 43T
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  Figure 621, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 46S, 48T
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  Figure 613, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 24S, 24T
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  Figure 620, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 38S, 40T
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  Figure 612, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 50S, 50T
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  Figure 611, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 32S, 64T
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  Figure 608, A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 32S, 32T