{"id":9470,"date":"2009-09-22T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yrmegard.net\/treasury\/?p=9470"},"modified":"2025-04-27T22:22:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T19:22:47","slug":"preparing-the-loom-for-tablet-weaving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yrmegard.net\/treasury\/en\/handicraft\/tablet-weaving\/preparing-the-loom-for-tablet-weaving\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing the loom for tablet weaving"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today I finally got around to preparing the warp for the first band on this loom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 the loom. Then I threaded the warp threads through the tablets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then I passed the warp threads over the far end of the loom and attached a weight to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The full set of tablets for the pattern looks like this (the rod with the knots is pulled slightly back, so that the knots are only just visible behind the upper rotating beam):<\/p>\n\n\n

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Weights up close:<\/p>\n\n\n

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First conclusions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n