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Apologies to those who have already seen this post in the SCA-card weaving list.... I've been working through Candace Crockett's book on card weaving & did the first sample band from page 33. It came out to about 6 or 7 feet & learned a lot from it using different turning sequences) & also did another short one from the draft on page 52... now I'm not sure what to try next, should I do sample band C (which doesn't seem super interesting to me at the moment) or should I work my way through the different drafts in chapter 5 (or should I just pick one or two of those to do) or something else? The ram's horn pattern seems interesting to me... as do a couple of the others in chapter 5... I think I'd like to do one more band before trying the light & dark patterning exercises in chapter 6... I'd like to do something with at least 24 cards this time... Also, I used 3/2 perl yarn last time, and am thinking of either trying 5/2 this time or maybe wool yarn? What types of wool yarns have people used? I have a couple of sport weight colors of Top of the Lamb yarns hanging around that I could try, but I suspect those yarns may be too loosely spun for card weaving...I'm not sure I want to work on the spinning wheel at the moment (to add more twist) since we have a 1 year old in the house & I'd have to spin when he's not in the living room (read: sleeping or napping)... <grin> Has anyone ever tried using tapestry yarn for card weaving, like Paternyan persian yarn, is that yarn tightly spun enough to use for card weaving or/and strong enough to take the tension & twist? Thanks for any suggestions! Cheers, Jessica Tornadowood Looms & Accessories www.tornadowood.net come see our inkle looms & gallery Send private reply to "Jessica" <[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.
