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On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 02:07:01PM -0700, Michael wrote: > 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. Welcome to the club. > > 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? My wife has made several miles of double-turn double-face without recourse to selvege tablets. I've been doing 3/1 twill without selvege tablets with fine results. I've just started a Snartemo band without selvege tablets, and I'm quite pleased with the result. For the Snartemo, I did make sure that the edge tablets did not have any really long floats yours, Herveus -- Michael and MJ Houghton | Herveus d'Ormonde and Megan O'Donnelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] | White Wolf and the Phoenix narrowwares Bowie, MD, USA | http://whitewolfandphoenix.com Proud member of the SCA Internet Whitewash Squad Send private reply to Michael Houghton <[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.
