Sponsored by TWIST - Tablet Weavers International Studies & Techniques I'm coming to the realization that I'm a bit of a heretic on tablet-woven edges. I just don't like the borders where all the tablets turn one direction for long stretches. I have done them a bunch of different ways, different configurations, etc. - and they just look unattractive on my work, and they make it ripple when I do the reverses every few inches. If I don't do the reverses, my tension suffers. I did them for a long time because I had read that it was the Right Thing to Do, and I never liked them, but I felt like they needed to be there. I'm giving them up.
Along with this realization, is the realization that I'm still producing good work, so my heresy isn't all that bad. It was surprising how much of a weight this lifted off my shoulders - I think I was feeling guilty for not liking them! Is there anybody else out there who has decided to dispense with the all-one-direction edges? Is there anyone with a cogent and convincing argument why they're a good idea? Most of my work is DF, or at least a DF ground for brocading, so the turning sequence is 2F2B. The edges seem crisp, even, and very stable. I'm usually working pretty fine, so that may be helping. Michael www.wormspit.com currently weaving: 3/100 silk ribbon, 41 cards, double-face knotwork pattern ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html 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.
