Deflected doubleweave structure

2/28 Colourmart Thai silk (6759 yyp, 6180 meters in 450g)
Similar grist to 10/2 cotton
24epi
3.5 yard warp
20” wide in reed
I wound the four colors separately and presleyed them, one color at a time, into a 12-dent reed, 4 per dent, every other dent. Each color had separate lease sticks. Once all four colors were presleyed, I twisted each pass pair (4 threads together) into one set of lease sticks. At the same time, I placed the pass pairs onto a warp beam stick. I removed the separate lease sticks from the 4 colors, and carried the package to the loom. I tied the beam stick to the beam cords, put the reed in the beater, tied the lease sticks to the back beam, and straightened out the warp in front of the loom, attaching 5 lb weights. The warp stripes straightened out nicely. This method is much easier then cutting each color while winding stripes on the warp reel.
This silk is matte and cottony. It might be eri silk. Colourmart calls it Thai silk
Wove to 91” on loom. 10” fringe braided.

Structure notes: this draft is very similar to the one in Madelyn VanderHooght ‘s Deflected Doubleweave book called “Blocks in rosepath order, flat fabric on eight shafts.”