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On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 05:26:19PM -0700, eva gullkyntir wrote:
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> I have been using plastic-coated regulation poker
> playing cards cut sqare with holes punched in the
> ends, and have been getting frustrated with them.
> Both the warp and the weft are standard crochet
> pearl-cotton like is sold at "Wal-mart", "Michaels" or
> "Jo-Ann's" The frustration is that as soon as I get
> more than about 20 cards, the cards are hard to turn,
> and I have to turn them in groups of 4 or 5. (I have
> the same problem with cards weather on an "inkle" loom
> or "warp weighted" each card individually. I have had
> the same problem with the "cardboard" (non-plastic
> coated) tablet weaving cards. (Mine cardbooard
> card-weaving cards say "Unicorn" on them.)
> My question is :
> Is there a big difference between the plasic coated
> Lacis card-weaving cards and the cardbard cards? or Is
> it worth my time and effort to make new cards out of
> plastic? (container plastic, think like the flat sides
> of a liquid clothes-detergent bottles)
I suspect that the cards are not the source of the difficulty.
My wife uses the playing card tablets exclusively, usually with a
90 card warp, and does not have this problem.
Are your cards all threaded in the same direction? (S or Z) If so,
the threads on adjacent cards will have to pass each other going
in opposite direcdtions. That leads to the popping sounds or sensation
you sometimes get when turning the pack. If the cards are alternating
S and Z, the threads don't fight each other.
Another concern could be how tightly compressed the pack is. If they
aren't free enough to spread apart, it makes any hangups that much
stronger. The suggestion of a warp spreader may address this.
Another possibility: how tight is your warp? If it is very tight,
that could offer additional resistance to turning.
We both have considerable experience with the playing card tablets
(and we take perfectly good brand new decks of Bicycle cards and
chop them up, drill holes, and round off the corners to sell them)
and don't run into the problem you are describing.
yours,
Michael
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