You will still get a "bobble" at the edge when you change turning direction.
You can reduce this by turning all the cards in the same direction for more turns before changing direction, but if your cards are all S or all Z threaded, you will find the band begins to twist up on itself. If you don't know what I mean by S and Z, it refers to which side of the card the thread comes in on. You should find that you can twist (or "flip") any individual card 180 degrees around a vertical axis, to change which way it lies relative to the thread. This will change which way the threads twist when you turn the card. The S and Z refer to the angle of the thread as it passes through the tablet, viewed from above - you can imagine it as lying on the diagonal stroke of either an S or a Z, depending on which way the table is oriented. If your cards are alternately S and Z threaded, your band will lie flat. Once you are happy with your basic technique, you can try adding 2 extra cards on either side of the deck, carrying a different colour to make a border. Always turn the border cards in the same direction, and this will give you a nice smooth edge without much of a visible "bobble". When the border tablet threads start to get annoyingly twisted up, rotate each border tablet 180 degrees around its vertical axis and carry on. The twist will then magically unwind. If you do this at a point when you are NOT changing the turning direction of the main deck, the edge will still be almost completely smooth. Have fun! And please let us know how you get on! Shelagh ---- wikkann <[email protected]> wrote: > Wonderful! Thank you very much! > > --- In [email protected], Sarah Goslee <sarah.gos...@...> > wrote: > > > > Hi again, > > > > If you are really turning clockwise once, passing the weft, > > thencounterclockwise once, passing the weft, you _will_ get messy > > edges. Try turning one direction four > > or more times, passing the weft after each, then the other direction the > > same number of times. > > > > Eight is a perfectly good number of cards to try it out with. > > > > Sarah > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 6:31 AM, wikkann <witchybr...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Basically I want to know if I am doing it right- I made some cards from > > > cardboard, (I followed some instructions that I found on the internet) I > > > only made 8 because I figured that It would be better to start out small. > > > Anyway- I have the cords lined up and turn them clockwise then > > > counter-clockwise , but I have noticed that it seems like I miss a the > > > end threads and it looks messy. Anyway- I am going to continue to > > > practice on the setup that I have now- hopefully I can get it down to > > > where its alot neater. Does anyone have any suggestions for books that > > > could help? I found one in my local library and it is from 1970, not > > > alot of information. I guess the tips I am looking for is how to make > > > it look neater and if I am actually doing the tablet weaving correctly. > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > -- > > Sarah Goslee > > http://www.stringpage.com > > > >
