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Inspirations tends to jump at you sometimes. Had to borrow paper and crayons from the little lady as an emergency as I just had to put the idea on paper. The initial draft lead to two different variations: Pattern drafts are now published in the …
The weaving is finished. The end on the belt on the loom: The narrowing end is done and pulled tight for density: The excess warp is pulled together to form a flat tassel: Just the finishing touch remains – need to find the most suitable …
80 centimetres. Already took down some warp bobbins, but corresponding weights hang very low still, so there’s definitely enough warp.
I’ve never had any doubts about which side of the band the pattern should appear on during tablet weaving: naturally, it should be on the top – or, in the case of a vertical loom, on the side facing the weaver. But apparently, this isn’t …
Working with a text-based pattern is actually very straightforward – especially when it’s the kind you can print out from GTT. Essentially, it’s a table: each row corresponds to a weaving row, with an indication of which tablets turn forward and which turn back. By …
Nearly 30 centimetres woven, and I’ve just given up trying to get a half-decent photo of the reverse side without taking the belt off the loom. So I reverted to using GTT. The top image shows the main pattern as it is on the loom; …
Just over 10 cm woven: Had to alter the pattern a bit during weaving as there were long floats just between pattern repeats. So just unpicked a couple of rows and changed to sequence. Now I like the look even better. Tried to take a …
Yesterday I warped the tablets for a new belt. This time it’s going to be narrow diagonals – only the reverse side won’t be a simple negative of the front; it’ll have a completely separate pattern of its own. For the first time, I set …
Happy New Year! It’s time to catch up on everything that was put on hold during the festive marathon. First of all, I received a new warp spreader for the loom just before New Year’s Eve. It’s taller and has finer spacing than the first …
The final 20 centimetres were woven without the spreader (it’s currently back with the craftsman for a bit of refinement), and once again I was reminded just how quickly we get used to good tools. Without the spreader, progress slowed noticeably. On top of that, …
Two kids, not quite well, but rather energetic, are not exactly helping the weaving process. 😀 Not much more to weave though. 71 cm done, probably around 35-37 cm to weave. Have to go get some more weft thread as I ran out of this …
