The tie points are scattered so that no two sit next to each other, leaving the face almost entirely float. That is where the lustre comes from, and it is paid for in abrasion resistance.
Shot silk is a plain idea plainly executed: one colour in the warp, another in the weft, and a satin structure that pushes long warp floats onto the face. Move…
Self-figured damask is the hardest thing to design well, because colour is no help. The whole pattern is carried by the difference between a warp-faced satin and a weft-faced satin…
This pattern has been on the looms since 1994 and has been redrawn four times. The change that mattered was bringing the repeat in from 32 centimetres to 26. The…
Bring a swatch, a drawing, or just a sentence — "it should drape without going soft" is enough to start. We work backwards from yarn count. Minimum run 30 metres.