It looks similar to patterns that can be created using the anglo saxon method (all even tablets in one pack, all odd in another, on each weft, you only turn ONE pack, and all turns are forward only). Although it looks like a pattern you can create using reverse rams horn, it's not. I have a picture of one I did using this method here http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sutton-Cambs-UK/Tablet-Weaving/150438111358?v= photos <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sutton-Cambs-UK/Tablet-Weaving/150438111358?v =photos&ref=ts#!/photo.php?pid=3427197&id=150438111358> &ref=ts#!/photo.php?pid=3427197&id=150438111358 I found the technique on Guntram's Tablet Weaving thingie page, where he links to this article : http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/saxontw.html I don't know if that is possible, or whether I'm talking nonsense, but to my eyes, it looks similar. Sarah
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Julia Sent: 02 March 2010 14:35 To: [email protected] Subject: [twist-tabletweaving] A curious reconstruction Greetings to the list. A few days ago a friend of mine sent me some pictures from a relatively new book on Siksälä archeology - "Siksälä: a Community at the Frontiers". Among other pictures I found a very strange drawing that, according to the caption, shows a reconstruction of a squared shawl from female grave. You can see the drawing here: http://www.yrmegard <http://www.yrmegard.pri.ee/pictures/siksala.jpg> .pri.ee/pictures/siksala.jpg Tablet woven edge on the left is beyond my understanding. How is it possible to create such pattern while turning the tablets continuously in the same direction? It also seems that the dark cords on the left are twisted more loosely than cords in the pattern area. There is nothing on tablet weaving in the text of the book and the author of this reconstruction drawing has passed away quite a while ago. It is possible that her drawing is not technically accurate yet I would leave that possibility for the last. We are currently trying to find out if the original textile fragment survived but most probably it didn't. Does anybody have an idea how such pattern could be woven? With best wishes, Julia No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2717 - Release Date: 03/01/10 19:34:00
