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Hi tablet weavers.
On my recent trip to China I saw some very old tablet weaving on the seat
of an ancient chariot on display in Beijing...
www.ucalgary.ca/~gghitter/photos
I asked staff at the Jade Palace (the hotel where the display is located)
about the chariot, but no-one really knew it's age or origin. I thought
some of you might find these very practical examples interesting.
I also recently heard about a twining technique that produces a textile
indistinguishable from tablet weaving. It involves a series of stakes (1
stake acts like 2 tablets), with yarns stretched between them. The yarns
wrap around the pegs, and the weaving is accomplished by shifting the yarn
positions, creating a shed and passing a weft. The motion of shifting the
yarns is by hooking into either the topmost or bottommost yarn loop and
lifting the loop over the other yarns on the stake to the opposite extreme
position, thereby twining around the other yarns. The weaver can then open
a shed (half the loops above, half below), and insert a weft. The person
who told me about this believes it is practiced in Turkey. Does anyone
else know more?
Bye for now.
Bonnie.
Bonnie Datta
Airdrie, Alberta
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