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In a message dated 12/6/01 3:20:58 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > wish you had too, and not just for beginners. For bookmarks in my > favourite 10/2 cotton, about 32 tablets gives a wide enough band, so I > really don't want to go to 48. I don't think you have to go wide for lettering. Most of my lettered patterns have 25 pattern tablets; I find with this, I can get a wide variety of different letter styles, and it's clear and legible. My bands for the TWIST double-face exchange were in a 25-tablet alphabet. Of course, I usually end up working with about 35 tablets, because I border on both sides. www.weavershand.com/gallery10.html shows a black and white ribbon with double-faced text - this is the "spidery" hand that I use to really pack the text in - I developed the heavier Gothic style later. The letters that say "Liber Stargate" are fifty tablets, and I was able to work in the hairlines and curlicues. You can see the heavier Gothic in a couple of Judy Chapman's projects at http://www.weavershand.com/gallery11b.html The whole piece that I made for the TWIST exchange is at http://www.geocities.com/oakenking/Chaucer.jpg It's also on Janis's site, but something happened in the translation, and it looks like it's seen through frosted glass. I've also had fair success with other styles of alphabet using 25 tablets; I worked up a really tiny one for 10 for one of my beginning classes, but it the legibility isn't as good as with 25. I missed the post before Linda's reply to Jenny, and can't find it - so if I'm talking on the wrong stuff, let me know. <G> I've sent Linda the Gothic letters for the upcoming book, and still am meaning (in my copious spare time) to get some of the other patterns computerized for her - currently, they're messy pencil graphs. Michael Send private reply to [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.
