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Inabel designs: binakol whirlpool, floating figure, twill block in three styles

Inabel — Concentric squares nested inside one another and set edge to edge so the field seems to spin, each square a step wider than the last, the alternation of two yarns making the eye read whirlpools that shift as the cloth moves., cotton handwoven on a pedal loom, twill blocks reversed for the whirlpool, picked supplementary weft for the figures

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Reading 1Whirlpool squares
Reading 2Pinwheel spirals
Reading 3Picked figures

Inabel is Ilocos cotton woven on a pedal loom, its twill blocks reversed into concentric squares that spin into a whirlpool meant to confuse a malevolent spirit. These nine carry a binakol whirlpool, a floating figure and a twill block through reversed twill squares, picked supplementary weft and plain cotton ground. Ask for a different floating motif and the same three weave styles carry it.

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Frequently asked questions

What size do these print at?
Each design is drawn as a seamless repeat at A3 proportions with an even margin, so it prints clean at A3 or scales to A4 or a fabric swatch.
Can I ask for a different floating figure?
Yes — the direction field takes any small figure you name, and the same three weave styles render it over the plain ground.
What's the difference between the three styles?
The binakol-whirlpool style shows the optical spinning-square weave at full strength; the floating-figure style adds small picked motifs over the plain field; the twill-block style keeps the reversed-square structure without the optical spin.
Is this respectful of real inabel craft?
The set draws on Ilocos's pedal-loom binakol weaving technique as a style reference for a generated print, not a reproduction of any specific weaver's or workshop's cloth, and not a claim to be hand-woven cotton.

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This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.