A Glossary of Interlacement Terms
Basket Weave
A plain weave with 2 or more adjacent threads in the warp and weft.
Birdseye (korndrall)
The simplest form of pointed twill.
Broken Twill
A twill which does not create a diagonal line. The twill is changed "broken" either in the warp or the weft.
Color and Weave
A pattern created on a plain or simple weave, created by color stripes in warp and weft.
Crackle (jamtlandsvav)
A four shaft, four block weave with a tabby ground weave and a weft pattern float limited to three threads in length.
Damask
A turned satin, one part weft faced and the other warp faced. For more information, see damask.
Dubbelbinding
A Swedish weave for blankets and rugs which is an interlocking double weave.
Double Weave
A weave with two layers woven simultaneously.
Drall
A Swedish class of weaves which makes check or block designs. They are blocks of weft floats alternated with warp floats in twills or satins. Individual weaves have names sometimes relating to place, such as Daldrall (overshot) from the province of Dalarna. Halvdrall (halfdrall) is one of the simplified dralls and makes a two block weave with short weft pattern floats.
Float
A weft or warp thread passing over two or more threads.
Goose Eye (Gasogen)
An extended point twill. Larger designs on more shafts are also called M's and W's or rosenkrans.
Ground Weave
The background weave of a pattern weave.
Huck (droppdrall)
A lacy weave with two blocks of five threads each on four shafts, used for hand towels, napkins and wool scarves.
Inlay (dukagang, Ryssvav, krabba)
A supplementary weft pattern thread placed into the ground weave.
Lace Weave
Floats created on a plain weave which form small openings which look like lace.
Log Cabin
A plain weave structure with a design created by alternating color hues or values. Doubling a color creates change in the pattern.
M's and O's (Salldrall)
A lacy weave with two blocks of four or six threads each on four shafts, used for placemats, tablecloths, towels, curtains and wool scarves.
Monksbelt (Munkabalte)
A pattern weave with a balanced or rep weave tabby ground weave. There are two blocks of pattern weft floats on four shafts. Used for wall hangings, pillows, towels, curtains and rugs.
Opphamta
A Swedish pattern weave of weft floats on a plain weave ground, usually woven on a drawloom. For more information, see Opphamta
Opposites
Weaving the opposite shafts on the following shed.
Overshot (Daldrall)
A weave which gives a four block pattern on four shafts with a plain weave ground. Pattern floats are not restricted in length.
Plain Weave
The most basic weave made by weaving over one warp thread and under one warp thread.
Pointed Twill (spetskypert)
A weave where the twill reverses direction.
Rep Weave (ripsvav)
A warp faced or weft faced weave.
Rosepath (rosengang)
Woven with or without a tabby ground, on three or four shafts, the pattern produces small diamond or rose shaped patterns.
Satin
A weave with warp and weft floats, usually over four threads and under one thread. There are no diagonal lines as in twill.
Shadow Weave
A plain weave pattern created by alternating colors on a twill threading.
Summer and Winter
A pattern weave with a plain weave ground and two blocks of short weft floats on four shafts. The side with the most weft floats is the darker or winter side. The side with fewer pattern shots is the lighter or summer side.
Tapestry (rolakan)
A weft faced plain weave which produces geometric or picture designs.
Twill (kypert)
A weave which forms diagonal lines.
Warp Faced
A weave where the warp is visible and completely covers the weft.
Weft Faced
A weave where the weft is visible and completely covers the warp.
Waffle Weave (vaffelvav)
A textured weave forming small square cells, suitable for course hand towels, bath towels, or bedspreads.
