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    Quote Originally Posted by Pinch View Post
    This is very useful to me thanks, is there any consistency to how many threads are between each transition?Ultimately I'm just a programmer, so am not familiar with all the weave styles that are physically possible, so your advice here is actually very informative in helping me make it more accurate.
    I'd also be interested to learn how the Plain/Basket should actually differ too, or if there are other common styles I've overlooked (is houndstooth, for example, possible with tartan?)
    Traditionally, a herringbone was only used on the selvegde area, not across the whole wide of the cloth. Herringbone bands were generaly 10 or 12 ends wide i.e. the change in direction was every 11th or 13th thread.

    Plain weave - 1 over/1 under.

    Basket weave - 2 over/1 under.

    Houndstooth is simple a four thread alternating check.

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