Sponsored by TWIST - Tablet Weavers International Studies & Techniques Hi Diane, Welcome to the list. I'm really delighted by your questions, as I am also especially interested in designs from the areas you mention. >Question number 1: on the cover of the latest Handwoven, there is a >beautiful bag...a lovely little sideways S design ...can anyone help me >figure out how to make it with tablets This design can easily be woven in two-hole Andean pebble weave, and will be structurally identical to the traditional pick-up technique (Ed Franquemont taught the traditional technique in a workshop in my studio earlier this month -- this was my first experience with pick-up). A graph for this design is included in Marijke van Epen's pattern book "Stippeltjes Weefsel 2", which also includes warping and weaving instructions in English. You can order the book from me. I will be teaching a class in Salem, Oregon this Saturday, Jan. 27; please e-mail me privately if you would like details. You can also weave this design in the double-faced weave. >Question number 2: I'm interested in finding charts for any >designs from Turkey/Persia/Central Asia, primarily >long repeating designs suitable for long bands. There is a lovely tablet-woven band from Central Anatolia in Peter Collingwood's book "The Maker's Hand" (pages 92-93), which is only 12 tablets wide, and has 10 different designs that flow gracefully from one to another. Peter has graphed one of the designs, and I think you could use this as an aid to graphing the other designs. I believe Otfried Staudigel has completed a book with graphs of traditional tablet-woven designs, and it is in the process of being published. This should have many designs from Persia and other parts of Asia. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linda Hendrickson, Portland, Oregon USA Tablet Weaving & Ply Split Braiding Workshops, Books, & Supplies E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site: www.lindahendrickson.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Send private reply to Linda Hendrickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop receiving tabletweaving (not tabletweaving-digest), send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: unsubscribe tabletweaving. To stop receiving tabletweaving-digest, see the end of a digest.
