Corel Painter Help | Creating weave patterns

Creating weave patterns

Corel Painter lets you create weave patterns to simulate fabrics, such as wallpaper, carpet, clothing, and furniture, using the Edit Weave dialog box combined with the Corel Painter weaving language.

In this section, actual weaving terminology is used so that weavers can become familiar with these techniques more easily.

Introduction to weaving

A weave consists of vertical threads (warp) and horizontal threads (weft) that are interlaced on a loom to form a fabric. Each warp thread is connected to exactly one harness in the loom. The harnesses are connected in a pattern to treadles. Pressing a treadle raises a set of harnesses, lifting the associated warp threads. A weft thread is then passed horizontally through the loom. The particular set of harnesses that are raised determines which warp threads are in front of the weft thread and which are behind. For the next weft thread, a different treadle is pressed, raising a different set of harnesses and, hence, a different set of warp threads.

custom weaves

An example of a simple weave using 1) grey horizontal weft threads and 2) black vertical warp threads

In traditional weaving, you need to follow a draft to create a weave. A draft is a set of instructions for setting up a loom to produce a weave. The draft contains the following details:

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warp threading definition — describes how to set up the loom for threading the vertical threads (number of threads, sequence, and color)

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weft threading definition — describes how to set up the loom for treadling the horizontal threads (number of threads, sequence, and color)

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tie-up — instructs the weaver which of the warp rows to use when weaving a given weft thread

In Corel Painter, the Edit Weave dialog box allows you to draft a weave pattern. For information, see Using the Edit Weave dialog box.

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