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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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
Over four hours of work spread out across the whole day. 160 doubled warp threads in 40 tablets, plus 15 metres of weft on the shuttle. The most recurring thought of the day? “Why on earth did I get myself into this again?!” 😀 The …
Finished the second braid in a bit of a rush today. Took photos while it was still on the loom – pink is just impossibly unphotogenic. This time I remembered to measure and note down everything I could think of. P.S. Have I mentioned that …
The day before yesterday I finished the band, and yesterday I spent the whole day making tassels in between wiping small sniffly noses. 🙂 I’m really pleased with the results of all the experiments. Now I just need to think of a use for the …
Today I finally got around to preparing the warp for the first band on this loom. I pre-cut the warp threads. Then I took them in groups of four according to what was needed for each tablet and tied them to the front end of …
Used materials: linen fabric, linen and cotton thread, wollen yarn, metal rings, lead pellets. Needle, scissors, sewing machine. Kitchen scale. Hands. 😀 Made 18 weights – according to number of tablets needed to weave the pattern I chose for the test band. Initially I wanted …
It’s fascinating how a woven band from Cologne repeatedly prompts the same question: was this pattern intentionally designed to look as it does, or are we looking at a random result caused by a mistake made during threading the tablets? If the latter is true, …