{"id":20798,"date":"2024-09-10T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/twill-tie-ups-where-the-magic-happens\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T16:15:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T23:15:26","slug":"twill-tie-ups-where-the-magic-happens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/workshops\/twill-tie-ups-where-the-magic-happens\/","title":{"rendered":"Twill Tie-ups: Where the Magic Happens\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"774\" height=\"500\" data-src=\"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Twill-tieups.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21626 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Twill-tieups.jpg 774w, https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Twill-tieups-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Twill-tieups-768x496.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 774px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 774\/500;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Weavers talk a LOT about twill threadings and treadlings, but twill tie-ups are often overlooked. The tie-up deserves far more attention, because the tie-up is where the magic actually happens, and what separates one twill from another!<br><br>Topics covered include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Regular twill tie-ups: their ratios and underlying logic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Straight twills: the tie-up IS the drawdown<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Cycling, rotating, and mirroring the tie-up in point twills<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Determining &#8211; and controlling! &#8211; float lengths with the tie-up<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Tricks for tie-ups: flipping them over, duplicating treadles, interleaving sheds and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Skills required: Comfortable reading drafts, including threadings, treadlings+tie-ups, liftplans, drawdowns. looms, weaving experience, familiarity with drafting software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Instructor:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/janet-dawson\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"20673\">Janet Dawson<\/a><br><strong>Duration:<\/strong> 1 day<br><strong>When:<\/strong> Thursday<br><strong>Level: <\/strong>Beginner, Intermediate.<br><strong>Categories:<\/strong> Weaving<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Supplies that students will bring: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Laptop or device with mouse \u2013 mouse is required! (be sure you know your password for the laptop)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Power supply<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Extension cord&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Drafting software (Fiberworks, Draft Editor, etc.) with which you are familiar. There won\u2019t be time to teach people how to use their software. I am familiar with Fiberworks and the Draft Editor and will be using those to demonstrate. If you want to use a different app and can translate the instructions yourself, that\u2019s fine.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Material Fee:<\/strong> $10 &#8211; $20<br><strong>Materials Included:<\/strong> The material fee includes extensive handouts, exercises, glossary, bibliography and miscellaneous class supplies. (Bring a binder for handouts)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weavers talk a LOT about twill threadings and treadlings, but twill tie-ups are often overlooked. The tie-up deserves far more attention, because the tie-up is where the magic actually happens, and what separates one twill from another! Topics covered include: Skills required: Comfortable reading drafts, including threadings, treadlings+tie-ups, liftplans, drawdowns. looms, weaving experience, familiarity with&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/workshops\/twill-tie-ups-where-the-magic-happens\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Twill Tie-ups: Where the Magic Happens\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21626,"parent":21341,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20798","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-workshops"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20798"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26866,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20798\/revisions\/26866"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}