I’ve finally gotten around to playing with 3 shaft weaves after years of ‘contemplation’. I recently acquired a copy of Erica de Ruiter’s book on 3 shaft weaving and was delighted to see her version of ‘Indian Saddleblanket’ weaving. I’ve been fascinated by it since I bought a beautiful example of the real thing (picture coming) at a trading post in Arizona a number of years and I’ve been longing to try it. Real saddleblanket weave is a double faced twill with 4 selvedges woven on a vertical loom. One face is striped and the other is twill tapestry. Erica’s version is double faced plain weave with one face showing either a solid color or stripes and the other plain weave tapestry. I’ll post my samples shortly–
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