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Hi! > > - What should Tablet Weaving Software do for you? I would like it to "troubleshoot" patterns before I weave them as well as create new patterns. I hate finding out my diagonals aren't smooth when I have 3 colors in a card (so I can't just flip it) or finding out the pattern that I thought was going to be a circle is going to be an oval. I am getting fed up with the limitations of graph paper. Mainly I need something that is going to take into account the slant of the surface threads. > - Should it help you create new patterns? Yes. > - Should it help you analyse existing patterns? Maybe - although I do find it fun to do that. Hey, but it might be more fun to do it on the computer... I don't know. > - Would you like to see an online archive of patterns? Yes! And it would be fun to share! > - Do you like to see brocading supported? Yes! And hopefully double face and 3/1 twill and snartemo - I confess that 3/1 twill and snartemo scare me... maybe a computer program to test my results BEFORE I thread all those cards would help me get my courage up. > - Do you like to see pebble weave supported? I don't know - I've never tried it. > - If you are a teacher would you use software in your teaching? No, but if the product was good I would recommend it to my students and tell them where to get it. As I do now with other things, such as Peter's book and Nancy's book. And I teach beginning tablet weaving several times a year, and other TW classes, too. > - Who will be the user, novices, high end designers? Me! I don't know there, depends on who you market it to, I guess. > - How much time are you willing to invest to learn a new tool? Hopefully it would be something that you could jump in on fairly quickly. Since you're designing a band, wouldn't there be room on screen as you're working for directions, tips, shortcut keys, a list of commands, etc. for easy reference? I know all this is probably a lot to ask for in one program, but someone asked! I don't know anything about programming, but I seem to be good at finding bugs :-) I'll be happy to help where I can (if I can). Asta Send private reply to "Asta Jorundardottir" <[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.
