March 2026: Snowflake Twill
Woven by Sue Willingham
Finished scarf (click image to enlarge)
This draft appealed to me as I was searching through Handweaving.net for ideas for the Towelapalooza workshop that my daughter Janet Dawson and I have been teaching each winter in my studio on Vashon Island. It is draft #69703, a one-shuttle weave that is complicated enough to keep intermediate weavers interested but straightforward enough for advanced beginners (I hope). (If you don’t subscribe to Handweaving.net, check it out. It’s a treasure trove of weaving drafts!!)
I wanted to try the draft before our class, so I used some Bambu 12 yarn in three colors of blue that I got from Suzanne Cali’s stash and wove two scarves in remembrance of her. I sett it at 36 epi and that worked well to keep the motifs square.
The Towelapalooza project is on a graded warp of 8/2 cotton sett at 22 epi. This draft would be nice on a striped warp, I think-- a great snowflake holiday project.
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Detail, side 1 (left) and side 2 (right) (click image to enlarge)
Structure: Twill
Pattern source: Handweaving.net, draft #69703
Warp and weft yarns: Cotton Clouds Bambu 12
Sett: 36epi, 36 ppi
Finishing: Hand washed and hard pressed afterward.
Loom: 48” Macomber, 8 shafts used
drawdown (click image to enlarge)
Bio:
Sue writes: “I started weaving after Janet did and loved it just as she does. Since 2010 we’ve taught classes together in my studio each year. It’s a delight to spend time with fellow SWG members and other weavers and also to start folks out on their weaving journeys.”
