Weaving Treadling Options - Honeycomb Fashion

Learned from Barbara Miller - my overshot mentor

This is a fun treadling option to use on a lot of threadings but I love it treadled on a overshot threading. Cells are woven in a finer thread; may I suggest 8/2 tencel? And the outline should 4 to 5 times larger than the cell thread. A suggestion would be to use black 8/2 tencel for warp and ply the same in about 4 or 5 strands for the outline. For a more interesting fabric, use 3 or 5 (or other odd number) bright colors of 8/2 tencel for the 4 blocks of cells. The colors will show up in different blocks. This makes a great purse fabric. It may need lining for stability and to protect the floats on the reverse side.

Pattern Blocks or Cells

A - 1, 3 & 4 (no 2)/1, 2 & 4 (no 3)
B - 1, 2 & 4 (no 3)/1, 2 & 3 (no 4)
C - 1, 2 & 3 (no 4)/2, 3 & 4 (no 1)
D - 2, 3 & 4 (no 1)/1, 3 & 4 (no 2)

Weave as follows:

1 & 3 - Outline
2 & 4 - Outline
Block A (from above.) Repeat 5 times (or no less than 3 times.)
2 & 4 - Outline
1 & 3 - Outline
Block C (from above.) Repeat 5 times (or no less than 3 times.)

Take-up in both warp and weft are great in this treadling order. Change color as you change cells. Alternate treadling of 2 blocks, all 4 or A & C; then B & D. Try 3 cell colors on 4 blocks. Try 1 shot of tabby rather than 2 before and after cells.