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Description: What’s better than one layer of plain weave cloth? Two layers of plain weave cloth, being woven at the same time! Doubleweave is a fascinating weaving technique where the weaver creates more than one layer of cloth on the loom at once (image 1). Imagine two layers of cloth on your loom at the same time. Those two layers can be woven as two completely separate layers with two separate weft shuttles, or the two layers can be joined on one side to make a cloth that is double the width of the cloth in the reed. The layers can be joined on both sides to make a tube, or stitched together while on the loom to produce a cloth where the two layers cannot be separated from each other. There are magical and innovative ways of weaving with doubleweave, but one of the most practical uses is to weave a double–width cloth. This article beautifully articulates and shows how to weave a doubleweave, double-width cloth along with tips and tricks to make it easy, tidy, and stunning.