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I have stumbled upon a variant of the basic double-faced tablet weaving and would like to know if anyone else has used it. For the usual double-faced weave, use "S" and "Z" threaded tablets alternately where each tablet is threaded with two adjacent ground threads and two adjacent contrast threads, | S | Z | S | Z | etc. The turning sequence for making the ground colour is FFBB, and any parts of the pattern that are in the contrast colour have the turning sequence BBFF. The variation is to put "S", "Z" pairs into two packs and turn one pack FFBB for the ground colour, | S | Z | | | S | Z | | | | | | S | Z | | | S | Z | whilst turning the other pack BBFF for the ground colour. To interchange the "variant" scheme with the "usual" one and maintain the ground colour, put one of the packs two picks "out of phase" either by turning the pack by one-half or by idling that pack for two picks. I've tried both techniques for making the transition between "usual" and "variant" double-face and am enjoying the texture differences that can result. I think the structure of the threads is the same as what Collingwood describes in Chapter 12, 5. D ( Double-Faced Weave, Different Structural Types of the Double-Faced Weave, Using Two S-Threaded and Two Z-Threaded Tablets Alternately). But that example shows a very different use of colour. I'd like to hear about people's experiences with this or other double-faced variants. Carla in Bethesda, Maryland -- ----- Carla X. Gladstone String the lyre and fill the cup, Lest on sorrow we should sup. Send private reply to "Carla X. Gladstone" <[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.
