Method of manufacturing a woven fabric for a composite component

A method of manufacturing a woven fabric for a composite component for a turbine engine, the woven fabric including a plurality of reinforcing fiber tows woven together in a three-dimensional pattern such that the woven fabric has a warp direction, a weft direction, and a thickness direction, the plurality of reinforcing fiber tows including a plurality of warp fiber tows and a plurality of weft fiber tows, the method comprising:

• arranging the plurality of warp fiber tows to extend in the warp direction, the plurality of warp fiber tows being arranged in the thickness direction to form a plurality of warp fiber layers and being arranged in the weft direction to form a plurality of warp fiber columns;
• and
• weaving the plurality of weft fiber tows with the plurality of warp fiber tows, the plurality of weft fiber tows including a multi-layer weft fiber tow, the multi-layer weft fiber tow being woven with a multi-layer portion that extends two or more warp fiber layers of the plurality of warp fiber layers.