Designing the tie-up

(Windows only)

The purpose of the tie-up is to describe which of the warp rows to use when weaving a given weft thread. It works in conjunction with the warp and weft expressions to generate the weave pattern.

The tie-up describes which threads are in front at which point in the weaving process.

In the Edit Weave dialog box, the tie-up is a grid that measures 8 threads wide by 8 threads high. A black cell indicates that the warp thread should be placed in front of the weft. A white cell indicates that the weft thread should be placed in front of the warp.

In this tie-up, the white cells instruct the weft thread (black) to be placed in front of the warp thread (white) in the weave pattern. Notice that the white cells that are positioned in the fourth row and column cause the weft thread (black) to be more prominent in the weave pattern.

In this tie-up, alternate black cells that are positioned in the fourth row and column instruct the warp thread (white) to be placed in front of the weft thread (black). Notice that the addition of the black cells in the fourth row and column produces a checkerboard effect.

To modify the tie-up

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