Sponsored by TWIST - Tablet Weavers International Studies & Techniques It takes a little practice to un-weave the double-faced structure and so correct mistakes soon after they are made. The moment when you move tablets between far and near packs comes at a seemingly illogical point in the cycle. But once you have got the hang of it, you can reverse as easily as going forward. To correct mistakes once the band is cut off really means you have to extract some weft picks and replace with others, which with a closely beaten fine band is almost impossible. An over-long warp float can however be caught into the weave by adding a new additional weft on a needle, which follows the course which the original weft failed to do. Peter Collingwood Yes, do try and see Martha Henze's article. I have been writing technical reports on all these huge Ethiopian TW curtains, some in their actual presence, some from photos. They present two great puzzles; 1) by whom and where were they were woven, as TW is not indigenous to Ethiopia? and 2) why are they the only examples in the world of TW being used for textiles of this immense width and length? Martha Henze on her next trip is going to try and get to the bottom of the first question, having been given leads on her last visit. http://www.petercollingwood.co.uk Send private reply to peter collingwood <[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.
