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Dear Everyone,
I have been enjoying the flurry of e-mails on the list recently after the
long silence.
Ellen's idea of using two dowels as a warp spreader is intriguing -- and I
will have to try that. Such a nice simple solution. I have a collection
of warp spreader prototypes in my studio -- nails pounded into a 2x4, eye
hooks screwed into a piece of rosewood, the adjustable-height warp spreader
with raddle pins....whatever the design, I always use one, because it makes
turning the tablets so much easier.
Does tablet weaving have a future? Wheat, it was encouraging to read your
comments about the kids in your neighborhood. I have had several
disappointments this year -- I was scheduled to teach tablet weaving
workshops at the Southern California Conference and the Mid-Atlantic
Conference, as well as a workshop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and all were
cancelled for lack of interest. Also, I submitted several tablet weaving
proposals to Convergence 2006, but none were accepted (I will be teaching
two ply-splitting seminars).
A question that has been on my mind - why is kumihimo so much more popular
than tablet weaving? It's not any more practical, is it? I have an idea
that it has to do with equipment. With kumihimo, there is all that
beautiful wooden equipment that can be sold, hence there is a profit
motive for vendors to promote the craft. And there are now quite a few
beautiful full-color books on the subject (I don't know anything about what
it took to get them published). Then on the other end of the scale, you
can make colorful kumihimo braids with just one little piece of cardboard
and colorful yarn, so the set-up is very easy, much easier than any method
of setting up tablet weaving.
Well, I would love to hear some discussion about this. Janis? Anyone else?
I'm working on a design for a compact table-top tablet weaving loom that I
can use for tablet-woven scarves. More about this if I can figure it out.
Take care,
Linda
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Linda Hendrickson, Portland, Oregon USA
Tablet Weaving & Ply-Splitting Workshops, Books, & Supplies
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Web site: www.lindahendrickson.com
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