Name Drafting - All Fiber Arts
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Name Drafting - All Fiber Arts |
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Designing a name draft on an 8 shaft loom
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Name Drafting |
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There are many different ways to design a name draft. Try it out, using your own name.
Experiment with different colours, codes and threadings to create your own signature piece.
The following table shows one way of coding using an 8 Shaft loom. Sometimes you will need to experiment with different coding systems to create a pleasing woven effect.
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| Shaft 1 | A | I | Q | Y | 7 |
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| Shaft 2 | B | J | R | Z | 8 |
| Shaft 3 | C | K | S | 1 | 9 |
| Shaft 4 | D | L | T | 2 | 0 |
| Shaft 5 | E | M | U | 3 | . |
| Shaft 6 | F | N | V | 4 | |
| Shaft 7 | G | O | W | 5 | |
| Shaft 8 | H | P | X | 6 |
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Using the above coding system, on an 8 shaft loom, ALLFIBERARTS.com would be drafted as
follows:
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| A | 1 |
| L | 4 |
| L | 4 |
| F | 6 |
| I | 1 |
| B | 2 |
| E | 5 |
| R | 2 |
| A | 1 |
| R | 2 |
| T | 4 |
| S | 3 |
| . | 5 |
| C | 3 |
| O | 7 |
| M | 5 |
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