Flash

It's ages since I posted a new free draft on the blog, so I thought I'd share this one with you. It's a simple threaded-in pattern (the design is determined by the placement of the colours in the tablets rather than a special turning sequence) and all the tablets are turned continuously forwards, so there will be a build-up of twist that you can undo by switching to turning all the tablets backwards. I've been struggling with names for drafts lately, so I threw it open to Instagram (I'm @tabletweaving over there, by the way) and the wonderful Mari came up with "Flash", which I think fits really well.

Link to TDD file for Flash

The text version of this draft is as follows:

Threading:

 * S threaded tablet (↻)

    A: Yellow (#ffff00)

    B: Yellow (#ffff00)

    C: Yellow (#ffff00)

    D: Yellow (#ffff00)

 * Z threaded tablet (↻)

    A: Red (#ff0000)

    B: Red (#ff0000)

    C: Red (#ff0000)

    D: Red (#ff0000)

 * S threaded tablet (↻)

    A: Yellow (#ffff00)

    B: Red (#ff0000)

    C: Red (#ff0000)

    D: Red (#ff0000)

 * S threaded tablet (↻)

    A: Yellow (#ffff00)

    B: Yellow (#ffff00)

    C: Red (#ff0000)

    D: Yellow (#ffff00)

 * S threaded tablet (↻)

    A: Yellow (#ffff00)

    B: Red (#ff0000)

    C: Red (#ff0000)

    D: Red (#ff0000)

 * Z threaded tablet (↻)

    A: Red (#ff0000)

    B: Red (#ff0000)

    C: Red (#ff0000)

    D: Red (#ff0000)

 * S threaded tablet (↻)

    A: Yellow (#ffff00)

    B: Yellow (#ffff00)

    C: Yellow (#ffff00)

    D: Yellow (#ffff00)

 * Z threaded tablet (↻)

    A: Yellow (#ffff00)

    B: Yellow (#ffff00)

    C: Red (#ff0000)

    D: Yellow (#ffff00)

 * Z threaded tablet (↻)

    A: Yellow (#ffff00)

    B: Red (#ff0000)

    C: Red (#ff0000)

    D: Red (#ff0000)

 * Z threaded tablet (↻)

    A: Yellow (#ffff00)

    B: Yellow (#ffff00)

    C: Red (#ff0000)

    D: Yellow (#ffff00)

 * S threaded tablet (↻)

    A: Yellow (#ffff00)

    B: Yellow (#ffff00)

    C: Yellow (#ffff00)

    D: Yellow (#ffff00)

 * Z threaded tablet (↻)

    A: Red (#ff0000)

    B: Red (#ff0000)

    C: Red (#ff0000)

    D: Red (#ff0000)

 * S threaded tablet (↻)

    A: Yellow (#ffff00)

    B: Red (#ff0000)

    C: Red (#ff0000)

    D: Red (#ff0000)

 * S threaded tablet (↻)

    A: Yellow (#ffff00)

    B: Yellow (#ffff00)

    C: Red (#ff0000)

    D: Yellow (#ffff00)

 * S threaded tablet (↻)

    A: Yellow (#ffff00)

    B: Red (#ff0000)

    C: Red (#ff0000)

    D: Red (#ff0000)

 * Z threaded tablet (↻)

    A: Red (#ff0000)

    B: Red (#ff0000)

    C: Red (#ff0000)

    D: Red (#ff0000)

 * S threaded tablet (↻)

    A: Yellow (#ffff00)

    B: Yellow (#ffff00)

    C: Yellow (#ffff00)

    D: Yellow (#ffff00)

Turning:

 1. 17F

 2. 17F

 3. 17F

 4. 17F

 5. 17F

 6. 17F

 7. 17F

 8. 17F

As with all of the free drafts/patterns on this site, you are welcome to weave them, sell bands woven using them, and use them to teach other weavers, just as long as you state where you found them.