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I find that all those factors figure in. If your warp is exceptionally tight, it will tend to create a longer (warp-direction) stitch. Your thread size is mainly important if you have different threads for warp and weft; it can change how long your stitch appears. And how hard you beat, as well as how hard you draw, will make a difference. My Dad being an engineer, he sat and measured *my* weaving, and determined that it's 3.1 times as long warp-wise as it is wide. So we made graph paper based on that, and I use that proportion for all my double-faced work. I would suggest measuring the proportion of the image you're reproducing, and measure your own weaving, and see how much you need to adjust to get where you want to be - or, how much to adjust the pattern. If it's not too major, it may fix it to do something as simple as loosen or tighten your band, or change to a smaller or larger weft. Do you have a picture of your piece that we could look at? It's also possible that there's something entirely different going on, like a difference in the turning pattern or something. Michael __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Send private reply to Michael <[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.
