Thanks for sharing that wonderful progression. I too am very familiar with the "what did I just turn?" syndrome. I tell my students that when you unweave (which will happen), always go one more than you think you need to just to prove that that is where you really are. Otherwise, I've found that where I think I am in the turning directions is not where I really am.
Keep on turning! john www.malarkycrafts.com --- In [email protected], "biathlontv" <feline5s...@...> wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > I was a lurker on the tablet weaving digest, and received an invite to > join the group. So here I am. > > I'm a self-taught tablet weaver. > > I started off teaching myself simple Indian finger weaving, then > stumbled across tablet weaving on the web and was intrigued. > > So, with an ebay-acquired battered copy of Marjorie and William Snow's > 'Step by Step Tablet Weaving', a secondhand inkle loom, a cut-up ceral > box and a ruler... I began. > > I was very fortunate that the lady who sold me the loom, also offered a > copy of Peter Collingwood's book on Tablet Weaving. In hindsight, I > realise how lucky I was to get a copy of his work 'just like that.' > > I've made seven bands so far, three of them double-faced. I liked the > notion of quotation bands from the outset, and later came across Linda > Hendrickson's graphed alphabets... which together with Peter > Collingwood's phenomenal work, allowed me to turn the notion into > reality, and have some fun making up capital letters along the way. The > quotes take a long time, especially if you are daft enough to try it > with very fine linen thread and a lot of words, but... ahhhh.... when > it's finished! > > Besides, as a greenhorn, daft mistakes are part of the fun. Just as > well, because there have been more than a few dodgy moments. Now did I > turn that back, or forward? Or have a complete brainstorm and manage not > to turn it at all? I did have a particularly memorable twist-up that led > to 2-3 hours of brain melt-down - the letter 'y' now has the potential > to send shudders down my spine. > > Band number eight is on the loom, and is a double leaf pattern - > courtesy of Guntram's Tablet Weaving Thingy and downloadable patterns - > in a deep blue, silver grey and gold linen. > > Gill >
