Hi Debra,
I have the same answer as Lori, When I talk about Tromp as Writ, I'm talking about going across the warp and first dealing with the Olive/Peacock block, and then the Gold/Apricot, the Purple/Navy and so on.

So, if you are now looking at the Red/Pale Orange block and you want to weave red on top, look at your cloth to see what is happening, If you step on the first B treadle and the top layer is raised, and the red threads come up, then use the red shuttle for this pick, then the next pick is orange, then red then orange. This will give you a solid red on top, and a solid orange on the back side. If, however, the orange thread comes up as a top layer in your block, then you will use orange first, and red second. This will give you a solid orange on top and solid red on the bottom.

If, for some reason, when you step on your first treadle and three threads come up in the red/pale orange block, that means that this pick will weave on the bottom layer. So, step on your second treadle and see which colour comes up as a single thread, which indicates the top side. If this is red, then red is your second pick and orange is your first pick.
so, in this case you will weave orange/red/orange/red.

I hope this helps.

Yes, that is so helpful - and I'm grateful that you took the time to answer. Your work is inspiring - and I just needed that one more bit of information.
Again, thank you! I just love this episode and the projects you have created. Debra

Thanks, Debra, I'm happy that you are having fun with this.

Hi there, Just getting organized to do the 8 shaft tote bags. I am a bit confused . Is the tie up for the bag the same as the runner? I would treadle top bottom over and over just not sure what that is. I have watched the video a few times but I think I am missing something. I see I just use one shuttle but don't want to make a mess of this. I must say when I first saw the colours I wondered how they would work together but seeing what you made they are amazing!

Hello - Just wondering about the sequence of throwing two shuttles when weaving the napkins. When I do a double weave blanket, I throw my shuttle in the order of top. bottom, bottom, top. Is there a reason to be weaving one pick on the top, one on bottom, one on top, and one on the bottom again? If I used the same order as for a blanket, I could do two picks between dropping and picking up shuttles. Thanks for your insight!

Yes, of course, use whichever sequencing works for you.

top, bottom, top, bottom
top, top, bottom, bottom
bottom, top, bottom, top
bottom, bottom, top, top
top, bottom, bottom, top

They all get you to the same place!

I finally finished weaving the inkle band for the tote and getting it sewn on. I didn’t photograph the opposite side of the tote but it shows the more pastel warp threads. I didn’t have any plan on the stripes for the tote…just went through my bobbin stash and when one ran out, I changed to the next one. Emptied 11 bobbins.

I wove the runner first until it was as long as I wanted…no particular stripe sequence in mind…hemstitched and then switched to double weave for the tote. My dear niece has asked for the tote for her birthday present and I will be mailing it off today.

I wove the inkle band using my Gilford Mini Wave loom. Warped for 3 yards and decided to use the whole length. The tote can be worn cross body.

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OMgosh, that is amazing. I actually had a similar bag when I was a teenager...well, not double weave but with the fringe and the inkle band. Your niece is going to love it. :)

Beautiful interpretation on the tote bag and runner. Your niece is going to love it! Thanks for sharing your photos.

Hi Barbara,
I am just getting around to weaving the napkins. Napkin 1-4 all say Block B everywhere which is fine. However for napkins 5 and 6, the top sentence says "with Fibonacci blocks working only in the A blocks". However, the table below it says Block B right down the column. I know it really doesn't make any difference whether I use A or B as long as I only use one but the instructions are confusing. Is there a typo on this page and if so, is there a corrected PDF that I am missing?

Jaya

Hi Jaya,
It should be Block B. There was a corrected pdf in March, which you can find under Episode 8.4. Sorry for the confusion, and I hope you have fun weaving and using the napkins.

I'm just starting on the placemats and loving it...jus a slight problem...as i always start on the right side....whichworks better for my brain! I have a lot of ends on the selvege tucking in and it doesn't look very good? Also how do we leave space between the napkins?
Debbie from UK.

Good morning Barbara, such a lovely project and full of fun challenges and learning opportunities. I’m perplexed though on my 8 shaft place mat project and weaving a tube for my hems. When I begin weaving the placemat, I’m using treadles tied up for napkins and using two colors (for example olive and peacock for placemat 1) to create a tube. I’m weaving about 3/4” for the portion that will tuck inside and then another 1” to accept the tucked in fabric. I then use my placemat tie up to continue for the indicated length of the first olive/peacock stripe. Because I’m going from a tube tie up to block tie up, the weft colors I’m seeing in blocks not warped in olive or peacock change from olive to peacock where the tie up change occurs. This results in the last inch of these stripes different colored than any other stripes in the placemat. How did you work around this to get the most cohesive colors in these beginning and ending stripes??

Hi Janet,
So, this is a function of the treadling. When you are making the tube to tuck the hem into, your weft is travelling straight across the warp from selvedge to selvedge on the top, then on the bottom. So those are the colour interactions that happen. When you change to the block treadling, the weft travels across the top on one block, and then dives down to travel under the next block, then back up again, and the second weft does the opposite, creating vertical joins. And so the colour interactions are different. That's part of the reason I chose to put fringe on the ends of my placemats. So, if you want to have a tucked hem, you will have different colours in the "hem tube".
Alternately, you could treat it the same as a four shaft placemat and weave the wefts from selvedge to selvedge. You could alternate bringing the bottom to the top, and the top to the bottom so that you get horizontal joins. that will give you the best colour cohesion, but you won't get the same vertical block changes.

Thank you so much Barbara for the quick response and clear explaination. I decided to just weave those beginning stripes completely in tube fashion and then change treadles to block with the next stripe. Fun project!