Mary, Alas, no luck with the pattern on the bottom, it's as much gibberish as the top. I've tried starting in a couple of different spots, and have tried turning both directions, but I'm not getting anywhere. Figured it couldn't hurt to ask here....
Di <*> On 2/26/08, Mary Vivit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, Di... > > Sorry you're having such trouble with this. I've never done any of the > patterns or threading from The Loomy Bin, but I've heard good things aboug > them. You're probably right that you need to check which side should be up. > My experience says A/D, like yours. Also, check to see which side should be > up after the first turn. That bit me in one of my first experiments using a > pattern with which I was not familiar. I was turning the wrong direction. > Can you see if your design is being formed on the bottom? You might need to > use a mirror. > > Mary > > > At 10:57 PM 2/25/2008, you wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm a relatively new cardweaver and this is my first post to the group. I > learned in a class last fall and have several successful projects under my > belt, but I've still a LOT to learn. My current attempt isn't working out > so well. I was hoping that someone here might be able to help me figure out > what I'm doing wrong... > > I was browsing patterns at The Loomy Bin and totally fell in love with the > 4-strand braid in this set of patterns: > http://www.theloomybin.com/cw/braids.html I'm pretty sure my cards are > threaded correctly A-D, and I think all are Z-threaded, but I just can't > seem to get anything but gibberish when I try to weave. My first question > is, which "letters" should be "up" as I start weaving? Most patterns I've > worked have the A/D side uppermost when starting but that doesn't seem to > work here. Closer investigation of the pattern suggests that "C" should be > "first", but I'm not entirely certain if that means that C should be closest > or farthest from me along the top. > > I read the instruction for the 3-strand braid and that seemed to make some > sense to me, dividing cards into two packs and turning one forward and one > backward, but I've not found a way to make the principal apply on the > 4-strand. > > Is it true that if I have accidentally threaded all these cards "S" that I > can just switch the direction that the packs rotate and will be able to > compensate? > > I've plenty of warp to continue experiments, and hope that, eventually, I > can figure this out. The added wrinkle making this marginally more > difficult is that I (possibly foolishly) decided to try this out of sewing > thread, so it's difficult to see exactly what I'm doing wrong, but it looks > like gibberish to me. (it's not my first sewing-thread attempt, and the > others turned out really well, but this one... youch!) > > Does anyone have any suggestions? Please? > > Thanks! > > Di <*> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.1/1299 - Release Date: 2/26/2008 > 9:08 AM > >
