Handedness (in my experience) is absolutely a factor in tablet
>weaving. I am honest-to-goodness ambidextrous and I learned from a
>leftie-turned-rightie; between the two of us we spend a lot of time
>confused. She taught me to turn my cards to face left, but her card
>orientation always put the smooth face on the bottom, so she must've meant to face the cards to the right - she works with the
>warp to her left. I generally set it straight in front of me,
>generally in my lap, fell toward and empty warp away from me. I
>actively use both hands when I weave, and can err in tension on
>either side, getting downright crooked results; something magical happened recently and I'm getting
>very even results now. (I think it's called practice <g>).
>
>I'm using an inkle loom but could use something sturdier and capable
>of more width and length -! anybody got any favorite looms for tablet
>weaving?
>
>Elspeth
>weaving. I am honest-to-goodness ambidextrous and I learned from a
>leftie-turned-rightie; between the two of us we spend a lot of time
>confused. She taught me to turn my cards to face left, but her card
>orientation always put the smooth face on the bottom, so she must've meant to face the cards to the right - she works with the
>warp to her left. I generally set it straight in front of me,
>generally in my lap, fell toward and empty warp away from me. I
>actively use both hands when I weave, and can err in tension on
>either side, getting downright crooked results; something magical happened recently and I'm getting
>very even results now. (I think it's called practice <g>).
>
>I'm using an inkle loom but could use something sturdier and capable
>of more width and length -! anybody got any favorite looms for tablet
>weaving?
>
>Elspeth
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