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Seize the Power of the Twill Circle

Treadle your way to your own personal twill patterning.

Angela K. Schneider Sep 7, 2025 - 7 min read

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Angela Schneider’s Choose a Path Pillows have strips of twill patterning. They’re a great opportunity to improvise with treadling. Photos by Matt Graves

Did you know that you can improvise twill treadlings as you weave—and that by changing the number of steps or the direction you treadle, you can make up your very own patterning? Open the doors to understanding twill treadling by learning how to follow the twill circle.—Handwoven editors


Introducing the Twill Circle

If you’ve spent any time weaving twills, you’ve probably noticed that the treadling order often

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