Tablet weaving finished

[frualeydis]

It's neither complicated nor perfect, but I think it looks pretty good. Hopefully it will be suitable for the intended recipient too.




I't about three metres and haugtussa and I dyed the silk yarn together a couple of years ago.

Comments

[dragonlady7.livejournal.com]

Tablet weaving!! Did you use a loom for it? I tried to do a simple weaving with no loom and cardboard cards and it was a disaster. I want to figure out how to do it, but it's sort of intimidating now. That looks gorgeous, and quite long! What beautiful colors!

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

No, no loom, just cards and the warp tensioned between a table and my waist, where it was tied to a belt. I would lveo to have a loom though, it would make it easier to try more complicated weaving.

/Eva

[steelweaver.livejournal.com]

I always seem to end up with slightly different lengths for the warp, no matter how carefully I wind it. So I use an Ikea desk/shelving unit (Broder with L-feet) as a warp weighted ribbon weaving loom. I sit at the desk portion and it has a hanging rod above the desk that takes my warp. I put a couple of metal nuts at the ends of the warp for weighing it down and tension's pretty darn even. If I need to go do something else, I can tie the end to the desk or clamp it down. It's not very portable, but things come out really pretty.

Theoretically, I could try weaving wider fabric, but I think the heddle (rods) wouldn't have anywhere to go when not in use because I'm using it sitting down. It would be entirely possible though to make a vertical loom to stand at out of these parts or using T feet, now that I think about it. Heh.

[laurensa.livejournal.com]

I just got an inkle loom that's big enough to use for card weaving as well. I'm doing an inkle band first, but card weaving is next!

[therru.livejournal.com]

Beautiful colours!

I'm kind of wanting to try a double-weave pattern. I just need to find a good, cheap yarn (I have some buttonhole silk but it's a bit expensive to experiment with).

My last card woven ribbon was done on a loom. My neck and shoulders can't take the stress with the tied-to-the-waist method. Another good thing about setting up a card weave on a loom is that you can leave it there for ages and it doesn't get tangled up or anything.

[sneprinsesse.livejournal.com]

Very pretty pattern! The colours make me think about "Twelft Night", Malvolios flame-coloured stockings.

What is it to be used for?

[pinque.livejournal.com]

Lovely, the colours and the pattern :)