Jin and Twill

My weave structures study group is focusing on jin (sometimes mistakenly called turned taqueté) this year. I really don’t know anything about this weave structure, so this is going to be fun. The seemingly endless rainbow warp worked well for some initial experiments. After weaving off a yard of warp, I noticed that the fabric was weaving at about 18 1/2 picks per inch, but I was hoping for a fabric around 20 picks per inch. I’ll be sure to adjust the auto-advance next time.

After this, I decided to try some color experiments and set up the pattern for 2/2 twill. I’m using a medium dusty blue 8/2 cottolin weft, which is producing some interesting colors as it intersects the rainbow warp. With this structure, my auto-advance setup is weaving off 20 picks per inch, though I did notice a bit of a dense spot where I had to unweave. Can you spot it? Hopefully it will come out in the wash.