Sponsored by TWIST - Tablet Weavers International Studies & Techniques [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ... from "History of Textile Technology of Ancient China", Cheng Weiji, >chief compiler (New York: Science Press, 1992), pages 36-38 ...
An interesting article ... >piece of fabric is a typical example of fabrics made on looms with board heddles Does the author seem to be using "board heddles" as an alternate name for cards/tablets? >which one or many weft threads [my note: That should be warp threads.] are >threaded, So they (sometimes) used multiple threads/hole. As far as I am aware, that is not common in modern Western tablet weaving, but what about elsewhere/elsewhen? >cards, with warp yarns arranged two in a group, one above and one below. These >alternated in position as rows of filler yarn were intertwined into them. >[my note: cards threaded with only two warp threads each?] [...] >The weaver then takes the >cards in one hand and turns them half a circle [my note: Does the author mean >two >turns rather than the "normal" quarter-turn?] If they are using 2-holed tablets, then half-turns make sense. It sounds as though they are using them to make the twined equivalent of plain weave. >(Fig. I-5-13, A drawing showing how weaving was done with the cards). [...] >A primitive loom still in use in >Xizang >[just showing some warped cards]). Do these show 2 hole cards, or more holes but only 2 in use, or ...? -- Jenny Kosarew from England mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Page: http://www.whorls.freeserve.co.uk Berkshire Guild Page: http://www.whorls.freeserve.co.uk/guild The Braid Society: http://www.braidsociety.org Send private reply to Jenny Kosarew <[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.
