Gudrun Polak
Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:18:26 -0800
Sponsored by TWIST - Tablet Weavers International Studies & Techniques Di,I just did a quick update of my page (www.theloomybin.com/cw/braids.html) and added the threading diagram for all Z-threading and a draft to the page. This notation may make your life a little easier - but it is still worthwhile studying the logic of twisted warps a little more.
Your choice of yarn is most interesting. I wove this braid only once and the yarn was ... carpet warp. I wove the 3-strand braid pattern in thick cotton and very thin silk several times. If you come to the Complex Weavers Conference in July/Florida and sign up for my seminars you get to see them all (end of advertisement).
Gudrun Di wrote:
Hi Shelagh,Yes, I've looked at the bottom and it's as much gibberish as the top. Apparently I'm still having a lot of difficulty with proper division of cards into two packs. If I could get that fully resolved then I think I could get the "which pack moves forward, which pack moves backward" thing figured out as well. Sadly, I'm pretty used to looking at gibberish on "top" of my finished weaving while the flip-side looks gorgeous. :-) As long as I've got one "pretty" side I'm quite happy. Very much adding to my difficulty with this is that I chose to try this in sewing-thread, which means that it's really difficult for me to tell exactly where I went wrong on each turn. I've not yet entirely given up but I've about decided that I'm going to need to warp up a really small length in size 10 cotton or larger just to "play" with the pattern. Once I know I've got it, I'll return to my thread-warp and make a beyond-gorgeous narrow braid-trim. With Gundrun's excellent help I've determined that I'm at least threaded correctly. I *will* solve this!!(eventually). The pattern is too gorgeous for me to give up! Thanks to all for your help and suggestions! Di <*>
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