tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54666770793221824502024-03-29T11:02:31.076+00:00Tablet Weaving in Theory and PracticeCatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-27286993335839457222024-02-21T15:06:00.000+00:002024-02-21T15:06:07.071+00:00It's Almost Time!<p>Not going to lie, I'm pretty excited! My publisher has the files for the new book and are working on the proof copies! I should be ready to release it into the wild in early March, all going well. It's a bit different to my other books as it's mostly tablet weaving theory rather than practice, but there's still a new design in there for you to play with.</p>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-41593570948628373142024-02-07T12:35:00.001+00:002024-02-07T12:35:38.602+00:00Coming Soon to a Bookcase Near You!<p>If all goes well with proof copies and so on, I should have a new book to share with you for the end of this month! I'm more than a little excited, can you tell? This one has been in the works since early last year and I was hoping to publish in November as I have with previous volumes, but life got in the way several times. With this one almost done, I'm now doing the initial planning and layouts for the next book, so this may well turn out to be a two book year. </p>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-65296500295459975102024-02-06T18:41:00.003+00:002024-02-06T18:41:57.374+00:00Tablet Weaving Draft Designer Updates<p>The year's end has rolled around again (or rather it did a month ago) and there have been a few changes to Tablet Weaving Draft Designer. In the Display section we now have a "show only thread colour" option which will fill each square on the grid with the colour of the thread in that square and an "S-Z" toggle which will allow you to flip the letters below the threading diagram. This leaves everything else the same, with only the S and Z labels changing.</p>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-44221141108852295332024-01-03T15:52:00.001+00:002024-01-03T15:52:23.852+00:00Hedge Maze<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwxWC635rvHxuOdcdvwvkXRt9VajNig_XRfwW-OInRU4PvrdksGI5JoZgVz-2ZYQ-IV6ETXtuuKjRFo_FCKMMQziBmyyCQ-mL0VQ-NzsmIDwclRgv7OcMCoboVl3263-7KHoDcawR1Kd8DnhGBADwKQ1dIzHJkDK3Hi9oQoYOiodPYR8-euGttYpBfTE/s4032/HedgeMaze.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A tablet woven band patterned with green, white and yellow sinuous shapes hangs in a dark green hedge." border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="441" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwxWC635rvHxuOdcdvwvkXRt9VajNig_XRfwW-OInRU4PvrdksGI5JoZgVz-2ZYQ-IV6ETXtuuKjRFo_FCKMMQziBmyyCQ-mL0VQ-NzsmIDwclRgv7OcMCoboVl3263-7KHoDcawR1Kd8DnhGBADwKQ1dIzHJkDK3Hi9oQoYOiodPYR8-euGttYpBfTE/w331-h441/HedgeMaze.jpg" title="The Hedge Maze Sample Band" width="331" /></a></div><p>After weaving my <a href="http://www.tabletweavingintheoryandpractice.co.uk/2023/12/tablet-weaving-advent-2023.html"><b><u>advent band</u></b></a> over much of December, I wanted something with a simple, soothing rhythm to it for my project over the Christmas break. I opened up the folder I keep both my published and unpublished designs in and wandered through it until I found something to fit the bill. This one comes from November 2021. I have a bit of a backlog! I was at a loss as to what to name it, so I asked Instagram and this was the name I liked the most, especially as I often hang my bands up in hedges to photograph them!</p><p>This design isn't twist-neutral and will cause a build up of twist behind the tablets, so I've included a reversed version that will allow you to weave it out. As ever, you can find links to the text version and TDD file for both drafts at the bottom of the page.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKHe-C1K7miQrBWXl_shl0dlNRemIRN-8O8-UZC5rr2PAHdEANojEZE3pefmW8_vlqPNHMrYcG23tboiaRk7gD-228-2ijuXAieudGIqnGX1BM0T7fpY7L53ycMUhp34Ig6NC3kBa4GPR4QeJXDSnpuGBThxF-O1HnZwwhinRMxj2EheU9zREGrMnITq8/s2036/Hedge%20Maze.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A tablet weaving draft for a sinuous winding shape in green, white and yellow. The draft is made up from two grids which show how the tablets are threading and the turning sequence needed." border="0" data-original-height="2036" data-original-width="1920" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKHe-C1K7miQrBWXl_shl0dlNRemIRN-8O8-UZC5rr2PAHdEANojEZE3pefmW8_vlqPNHMrYcG23tboiaRk7gD-228-2ijuXAieudGIqnGX1BM0T7fpY7L53ycMUhp34Ig6NC3kBa4GPR4QeJXDSnpuGBThxF-O1HnZwwhinRMxj2EheU9zREGrMnITq8/w378-h400/Hedge%20Maze.jpg" title="The Hedge Maze Draft" width="378" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihZpls9oSGz_IIKZtuSspSKvx1y_mGGKv15jf3BZ4T47qUWk7ovmeP1jn30Wxeyd9yZtZ-HQ4oMfpiNJ4JBeEvaEnvcamj-UZrS7225YYH5pGdHwoYAFLUqYVugJtlXO1Zog4xwbx_5dr7VYcAz4hDnnGzz7yzLlXdhrqLSjJbsAVTicQ9APGe4cRmiQE/s2036/Hedge%20Maze-%20Reversed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A reversed version of the tablet weaving draft for a sinuous winding shape that moves in the opposite direction in green, white and yellow. The draft is made up from two grids which show how the tablets are threading and the turning sequence needed." border="0" data-original-height="2036" data-original-width="1920" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihZpls9oSGz_IIKZtuSspSKvx1y_mGGKv15jf3BZ4T47qUWk7ovmeP1jn30Wxeyd9yZtZ-HQ4oMfpiNJ4JBeEvaEnvcamj-UZrS7225YYH5pGdHwoYAFLUqYVugJtlXO1Zog4xwbx_5dr7VYcAz4hDnnGzz7yzLlXdhrqLSjJbsAVTicQ9APGe4cRmiQE/w378-h400/Hedge%20Maze-%20Reversed.jpg" title="The Hedge Maze Reversed Draft" width="378" /></a></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gvM3BLccw370G9aBf9rhVAqBVS4uBb5E/view?usp=drive_link"><u><b>Link to text version of Hedge Maze</b></u></a><br /><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-GsP3pUyiVNb9ksvtQ1IaUy-Ml4cDBFI/view?usp=sharing"><u><b>Link to TDD file for Hedge Maze</b></u></a><br /><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/17-JtKeyNfk8x-PIybUy8WNRT63FNu4AW/view?usp=sharing"><u><b>Link to text version of Hedge Maze Reversed</b></u></a><br /><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a6KKkZfU0iniL5dMf6hHpV_rJGr1EMAS/view?usp=sharing"><u><b>Link to TDD file for Hedge Maze Reversed</b></u></a></h4><p><i>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.</i></p>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-76881820990273647342023-12-05T12:23:00.006+00:002024-01-03T15:35:40.812+00:00Tablet Weaving Advent 2023<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnv698j9o-wgMugubzXHswrqMTA_TpBnvYVXMzHZ0OxBL8FWQwLwHRGDzRsDhFC-yWnTaiBKW1z_zw1eP7vb2iQ0RrIgiJmEbJU4KhJ1xrkUdeH9CYx1mtNHqK39Dwp2s2WFFPNv33KZwEWU-rOAcZFNux7JVtYn-T-D0ZoO_nVGZo4pGqocag4oVaxH0/s3453/Advent2023Band.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A tablet woven band hangs in a green hedge. It is patterned with swirling shapes in red, white and green." border="0" data-original-height="3453" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnv698j9o-wgMugubzXHswrqMTA_TpBnvYVXMzHZ0OxBL8FWQwLwHRGDzRsDhFC-yWnTaiBKW1z_zw1eP7vb2iQ0RrIgiJmEbJU4KhJ1xrkUdeH9CYx1mtNHqK39Dwp2s2WFFPNv33KZwEWU-rOAcZFNux7JVtYn-T-D0ZoO_nVGZo4pGqocag4oVaxH0/w280-h320/Advent2023Band.jpg" title="My finished Advent 2023 band" width="280" /></a></div><p>This year I indulged in a little festive silliness and picked random drafts from my book <a href="https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/10729584-tablet-weaving-in-theory-and-practice-warp-twined"><b><u>Warp-Twined Angles</u></b></a> and wove them up in festive colours. I used the same threading diagram as the book, but swapped red for the black, white for the grey and green for the white. I also changed up the colours of the selvedge tablets a bit too so that all three colours are represented in them. Instead of the black weft of the original, I used red to match it to the main motif colour in the drafts.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgKd8Tcx1G_EpWb6o3d4OEzscIcP0sRH-zgmNhw0ifPVqNNS9DmVRTXL0rcQ5Du-XSdj-utwwZQmpRFc7vJS1AGN2-sajOiDJBQQPQSc_gL1eKNabezqX5-Q9hVufLUVf4mToLOogM03KMCsWhSov3CEe4NsyqzmkOEChu7va6sO_mAOnn0ELwqUAlipU/s2004/threading.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A threading diagram for tablet weaving, consisting of a grid with coloured ovals representing threads in black, grey, white and orange in each cell. The number of each tablet is given above each column and the letters S or Z sit below each column to show the threading direction." border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="2004" height="89" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgKd8Tcx1G_EpWb6o3d4OEzscIcP0sRH-zgmNhw0ifPVqNNS9DmVRTXL0rcQ5Du-XSdj-utwwZQmpRFc7vJS1AGN2-sajOiDJBQQPQSc_gL1eKNabezqX5-Q9hVufLUVf4mToLOogM03KMCsWhSov3CEe4NsyqzmkOEChu7va6sO_mAOnn0ELwqUAlipU/w562-h89/threading.jpg" title="The original Warp-Twined Angles threading diagram" width="562" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcznyK1rYHUCY9gYh8nlYn66yHi1wRZwOy2cXgXjwA-1KkMDtUi2lST46uWqMZNqNuRddh4O_GaryzJHPJIA2uhF_QZAuvG8gcE8HeA11seVnvzG_OjO1bKg3YTnYK1JC1uu_8-oCJmh5qIHSB9ZkNCd0RSWZ87nLwGjav_mNItTEJSap6zXn7MiVZjJo/s1920/advent2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A threading diagram for tablet weaving, consisting of a grid with coloured ovals representing threads in red, white and green in each cell. The number of each tablet is given above each column and the letters S or Z sit below each column to show the threading direction." border="0" data-original-height="331" data-original-width="1920" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcznyK1rYHUCY9gYh8nlYn66yHi1wRZwOy2cXgXjwA-1KkMDtUi2lST46uWqMZNqNuRddh4O_GaryzJHPJIA2uhF_QZAuvG8gcE8HeA11seVnvzG_OjO1bKg3YTnYK1JC1uu_8-oCJmh5qIHSB9ZkNCd0RSWZ87nLwGjav_mNItTEJSap6zXn7MiVZjJo/w557-h95/advent2023.jpg" title="The modified Warp-Twined Angles threading diagram" width="557" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Of the two threading diagrams above, the top one is from <i>Warp-Twined Angles</i> and the lower one is the modified version I'm using for this project. The yarn I'm using is a sock-weight merino/nylon blend by <a href="https://mothyandthesquid.com/"><b><u>Mothy and the Squid</u></b></a> in the colours Ruby, Avocado and Snowdrop.<br /><p>I released a video each day of advent of me picking a draft, then showing what it looks like woven up in the new colours. There's also a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMpxtuHGXic8QN_L0JVxja5Vp-sCPhTms"><b><u>playlist on my YouTube channel</u></b></a> that has all my advent videos gathered together. I also released the videos over in <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tabletweaving/?hl=en"><b><u>my Instagram account</u></b></a>, where you can find me as @tabletweaving. You can watch the video for day 1 in the window below.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Pm54stqBXYk" width="320" youtube-src-id="Pm54stqBXYk"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-5410681230964946032023-09-18T19:18:00.002+01:002023-09-18T19:18:21.479+01:00Countable Infinity<p> A few weeks ago, James (my husband and the programmer half of our Tablet Weaving Draft Designer team) was looking wistfully at some of the sample bands in my workroom and asked if I could make him a tunic-style shirt with fancy trim on it. I showed him some of the things from the folder of unwoven designs and we picked one, then I played with it and adjusted it until it matched what he was hoping for.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjOXEMi1S_DTfv3fooiVGEmdMi-ZPCGlRTXwQHqzCp9xuhc8GADmmTz2QwXlK2gb1YeYXZ-YeMMh8PQkioBblITBpLYfUnnakxjjzMmWpXXbMIHh4bUZ-d7vrFb-YfhDaESRRYlbvedm6UoKy6ts6uMfpKafXS95umujSEuV-CXgo3FEp8-ujcA1sh3RM/s3921/IMG_6892.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A tablet woven band decorated with yellow and green diagonal lines and infinity symbols on a black background hangs in front of leaves beginning to turn autumnal brown" border="0" data-original-height="3921" data-original-width="3024" height="509" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjOXEMi1S_DTfv3fooiVGEmdMi-ZPCGlRTXwQHqzCp9xuhc8GADmmTz2QwXlK2gb1YeYXZ-YeMMh8PQkioBblITBpLYfUnnakxjjzMmWpXXbMIHh4bUZ-d7vrFb-YfhDaESRRYlbvedm6UoKy6ts6uMfpKafXS95umujSEuV-CXgo3FEp8-ujcA1sh3RM/w393-h509/IMG_6892.jpg" title="The Countable Infinity sample band" width="393" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The 10/2ne <a href="https://lunaticfringeyarns.com/product/10and20mercerized-cotton-yarn-tubular-spectrum/"><u><b>Lunatic Fringe tubular spectrum yarns</b></u></a> I have were at the tip of his wishlist, particularly the yellow and green shades (#10 yellow, #10 yellow-green and #10 green), paired with their 10/2ne black. It's a combination I've used before and the colours pop really nicely, plus the yarn is a pleasure to weave with. I used a black sewing thread (rather than the same yarn as the warp) as the weft for this band to help me beat the threads into place tighter and get crisper pattern lines. Apart from the selvedge tablets, this band is twist-neutral, but you will find that you get less take-up on the two pattern tablets on each side, so you may have to retension your warp.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Lf7dO8oYMAqgKWsXDJ4u43O8SF8Zr3c5-NjrPJ0jESp5mTRjHtBl68xCwRDnHunMX1Z9Mn05xeq0MqkjMs5fyN3xuYWZ9ZGYcurhuytFLwUcp8HH7C65Tsm3jYTPaG8clTOvu-Qkjkw4ujptAgn3CllsLcjtG2hjMfKLrCJbLnMFFWEmjZOXT3Ii2Hs/s4015/Countable%20Infinity.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Two grids representing the threading diagram and turning diagram for the Countable Infinity band. The grids are filled with ovals indicating threads in yellow, black and two shades of green, with white backgrounds for forward turns and greybackgrounds for backward turns." border="0" data-original-height="4015" data-original-width="1920" height="1082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Lf7dO8oYMAqgKWsXDJ4u43O8SF8Zr3c5-NjrPJ0jESp5mTRjHtBl68xCwRDnHunMX1Z9Mn05xeq0MqkjMs5fyN3xuYWZ9ZGYcurhuytFLwUcp8HH7C65Tsm3jYTPaG8clTOvu-Qkjkw4ujptAgn3CllsLcjtG2hjMfKLrCJbLnMFFWEmjZOXT3Ii2Hs/w517-h1082/Countable%20Infinity.jpg" title="The draft for the Countable Infinity band" width="517" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LzKDp5El0ahUqlz9p6wxNUOFfAx2ELYJ/view?usp=sharing"><u><b>Link to text version</b></u></a></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q8hfFZF1Y85yhLPNJkoX7rvk3aQok61O/view?usp=sharing"><u><b>Link to TDD file</b></u></a></h3><i><div><i><br /></i></div>
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.</i>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-27927700433841648342023-06-01T15:36:00.095+01:002023-07-19T20:09:00.299+01:00UisceIt's been a while since I shared a new free draft and I have a backlog to share with you, which I'm hoping to work my way through them over the next few months. The inspiration for this one is just a little different from my usual bands. <div><br /></div><div>Most days, when I take the dog for her morning walk, I go past several little utility hole covers and I've been fascinated by the keys pattern around the edge of them. When I decided to make myself a Viking apron dress to wear at <a href="https://drachenwald.sca.org/#/"><u><b>Drachenwald</b></u></a>'s 30th Anniversary celebration, I wanted a trim that drew on something distinctly Irish (given that we've been living in Ireland since the end of 2021) and what could be more Irish than <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/uisce"><u><b>Uisce</b></u></a>!<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiizy9G6wluxUav-d5cKPMLv6qaNgM-FVOpPH2mC8fzllBg-gjnJiXK8W2lyXPZqbzXOYolG1UMYl0VQ3LY10oHjiDujMVK1IZ07o5px7NrTFF5qE0BrFApaFAZO0Ezw1OyA144QfZVyb4bVsa5fB5xQ9ct9mezIRwVT9-u6hzFBWGmokBn8cSdwK5EWTU/s2549/UISCE3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Round weathered brass utility hole cover set into concrete. It has a keys pattern around the edge with a swirling pattern in the centre and has the letters "WSCR" and "UISCE"" border="0" data-original-height="2549" data-original-width="2535" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiizy9G6wluxUav-d5cKPMLv6qaNgM-FVOpPH2mC8fzllBg-gjnJiXK8W2lyXPZqbzXOYolG1UMYl0VQ3LY10oHjiDujMVK1IZ07o5px7NrTFF5qE0BrFApaFAZO0Ezw1OyA144QfZVyb4bVsa5fB5xQ9ct9mezIRwVT9-u6hzFBWGmokBn8cSdwK5EWTU/w318-h320/UISCE3.jpeg" title="Uisce utility hole cover" width="318" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I took a photo of the hole cover and roughly sketched it out on a piece of paper, then drew the draft out. I chose blue, black and white, as they're my colours within the SCA and my arms have a blue river running across the middle, rather like the blue waves across the band. It's mostly a diagonals pattern, with a few areas of 3/1 broken twill double-face to produce white areas and blue lines parallel to the selvedge.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1ph4waSBzwR8j74cM1zHqYjcuRnPpk_BXon3OzPyJb8DLGllpU-4y4i2LzQO4fqLM50C_g7bst3zoUWn78VODJGMQ1C7t0yslZQRZ0CtomkTFnqp9VB6q0myqlq38AKAnosNmmnfACnwTDoI3vnHUyMxJYqadUvjDTKk5H9qjfZIb_tbJr1-Y99JfUY/s4032/UISCE1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A close-up of a grey wool Viking apron dress with blue and white tablet woven trim and two oval shaped brass brooches. Two strands of beads and a silver chain are strung between the brooches." border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1ph4waSBzwR8j74cM1zHqYjcuRnPpk_BXon3OzPyJb8DLGllpU-4y4i2LzQO4fqLM50C_g7bst3zoUWn78VODJGMQ1C7t0yslZQRZ0CtomkTFnqp9VB6q0myqlq38AKAnosNmmnfACnwTDoI3vnHUyMxJYqadUvjDTKk5H9qjfZIb_tbJr1-Y99JfUY/w537-h412/UISCE1.jpeg" title="The Uisce band sewn onto a dress" width="537" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you chose to weave this draft, it would definitely benefit from the use of a row marker of some type. The horizontal ruler in Tablet Weaving Draft Designer is excellent for this. </div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLWlC-F2aiD11JO8v9K15h8VMOalE5i6Nxu8rQC-I8DV9T4b_7aHgunGJ0FvvtwQkbcR7oEkXdy1Cx7vT8HSGEqbOv1UCYN-YKqNQCR8lVidTYeNoa26-Kx8iwKqIIum9sDcX0kwghZxubKyTs1jlMlf85HxurSJz815-SKooUef-Bcgb8l8-bOmeibc/s1922/UISCE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A draft for tablet weaving formed from two grids. The top is filled with blue black and white ovals with white or grey backgrounds to show tablet turning direction. The bottom grid shows the tablet threading" border="0" data-original-height="1922" data-original-width="1920" height="551" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLWlC-F2aiD11JO8v9K15h8VMOalE5i6Nxu8rQC-I8DV9T4b_7aHgunGJ0FvvtwQkbcR7oEkXdy1Cx7vT8HSGEqbOv1UCYN-YKqNQCR8lVidTYeNoa26-Kx8iwKqIIum9sDcX0kwghZxubKyTs1jlMlf85HxurSJz815-SKooUef-Bcgb8l8-bOmeibc/w551-h551/UISCE.jpg" title="The Uisce draft" width="551" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><u><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1omMsjU45ewmlUxjw5uVhlJa37K27PLek/view?usp=sharing">Link to the Uisce draft TDD file<br /></a></u><u><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uxHYCXA-w-zWN1sEe1W1gYBdpe3vvUdx/view?usp=sharing">Link to the Text version of the Uisce draft</a></u></h3></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2lM1d4evrz9f-S-1Ut9jrsTngbt9RCcNQlMICYaW8oBJYgfKNejEmZHAEaLJqlew8BlsDWXEJqN_NURdMx7k1D2YYNxa4Bb3fr4AjS-oZlouCOYRFmtD595Ut-7tOZPEnnk2t8HsN22EvpAy-II9jDEIMCG0fJwVvxE4g9dRAfoyiMssuViof-3ZZNjY/s3346/Norse.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A smiling woman in a white head scarf, grey Viking apron dress and a lilac linen underdress stands in front of a red climbing rose on a white wall" border="0" data-original-height="3346" data-original-width="2077" height="437" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2lM1d4evrz9f-S-1Ut9jrsTngbt9RCcNQlMICYaW8oBJYgfKNejEmZHAEaLJqlew8BlsDWXEJqN_NURdMx7k1D2YYNxa4Bb3fr4AjS-oZlouCOYRFmtD595Ut-7tOZPEnnk2t8HsN22EvpAy-II9jDEIMCG0fJwVvxE4g9dRAfoyiMssuViof-3ZZNjY/w272-h437/Norse.jpg" title="The author in her Viking kit" width="272" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><i style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">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.</i></div></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-81513806913528328412023-03-22T17:24:00.001+00:002023-03-22T17:24:05.839+00:00Ginkgo<div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UEpAghCyrRGMQGhhaUZ9i7R0gQSkbkn0sX28nG5qFRwNSmERnHC-m-wDji8Lo_LJ1LchtRDfZwNvrm5rtXLsmNco_YXm3dpAL0_VfNRLqp1S2-21qwb73Y2-t_9jjTPE19mWE5BHXQVvCUXZZTCKWM7er4Ua57FCjLzWE5VwBQ6Ibf5dJEE_wnQ5/s3039/Ginkgo.jpg"><img alt="A photograph of a tablet woven band with gold and green ginkgo leaves on a white background, hung up in a dark green laurel hedge" border="0" data-original-height="3039" data-original-width="1873" height="581" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UEpAghCyrRGMQGhhaUZ9i7R0gQSkbkn0sX28nG5qFRwNSmERnHC-m-wDji8Lo_LJ1LchtRDfZwNvrm5rtXLsmNco_YXm3dpAL0_VfNRLqp1S2-21qwb73Y2-t_9jjTPE19mWE5BHXQVvCUXZZTCKWM7er4Ua57FCjLzWE5VwBQ6Ibf5dJEE_wnQ5/w358-h581/Ginkgo.jpg" title="Photo of the Ginkgo sample band" width="358" /></a></div><br /></div><span style="text-align: left;">This little botanical draft popped into my head in the middle of the night a few months ago. It's one of a number of designs that have been sitting, waiting to be woven from when I was writing my book <i>Tablet Weaving in Theory and Practice: Golden Diagonals</i>. They don't stop arriving just because I'm already working on something else! I'm hoping to weave my way through some of them in the coming year and share them with you here.</span><div><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOXUJFYTaRT4UlXAT2BJbxftRA0NHoxdwBXA-bb01fS0v8QMBrsTcacphD-dRfA2odGqLXbJZIdbJqTcds3eJmCTxFY_hRKpT9Ehkz62iv2xelwGxVv7FpOFzNUNEbmu7W-Bsrny8eyu_4DDEXoGvcJ9-GhrWKNC4B64X2YW6yt3KuR_uVLDeXOPz/s1989/Ginkgo%20version%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1989" data-original-width="1920" height="553" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOXUJFYTaRT4UlXAT2BJbxftRA0NHoxdwBXA-bb01fS0v8QMBrsTcacphD-dRfA2odGqLXbJZIdbJqTcds3eJmCTxFY_hRKpT9Ehkz62iv2xelwGxVv7FpOFzNUNEbmu7W-Bsrny8eyu_4DDEXoGvcJ9-GhrWKNC4B64X2YW6yt3KuR_uVLDeXOPz/w534-h553/Ginkgo%20version%205.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The yarns I used for the sample band are by <a href="https://mothyandthesquid.com/"><u><b>Mothy and the Squid</b></u></a> in the colourways Frozen Leaves (an autumnal blend of warm greens and browns) and Silver Lining (a really pretty grey). They're gorgeous hand-dyed merino-nylon sock yarns and Frozen Leaves has a little sparkle for extra interest. I've used yarns from Mothy and the Squid for tablet weaving before and they were a delight, so when these colourways came up on her site, I knew that they'd be the perfect pairing for this draft. The golds and greens of Frozen Leaves really capture how ginkgo leaves change colour as the tree prepares for the end of the year.</div></div></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/10rV7jydyKqe7BO0eGhwl7Ghmlyl17fhz/view?usp=share_link"><u>Link to text version file for the Ginkgo draft<br /></u></a><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OJ6e6HT0FF34lkrOlZmtN0iFhlSNeZdX/view?usp=share_link"><u>Link to the TDD file for the Ginkgo draft</u></a></h3><div><br /></div><div><i style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">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.</i></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-45699954595858787742023-03-20T11:24:00.001+00:002023-03-20T11:24:10.134+00:00Book Pricing Changes<p>Blurb (the company that print my books) have announced that they will be increasing the price of hard copy books on 29/03/2023 to help cover rising manufacturing costs. I don't know how much the increase will be or exactly when it will come into effect on the 29th, so if you want to take advantage of the current price, I would advise doing so by the 28th. This increase will only apply to hard cover and soft cover books. All eBook and pdf prices will remain the same.</p><p>To view the books and formats that are currently available for sale, follow this <a href="https://www.blurb.co.uk/user/Catheros?profile_preview=true"><u><b>link to my Blurb profile</b></u></a> page.</p>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-52233231953351440272023-02-03T12:10:00.002+00:002023-02-03T12:10:28.399+00:00Phoenix<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcY3x0CipTPQf1Rttq3chGj7FSn57tn5nqYK6nY9g2cR0_ctJtrdwiFD-EpW53CSLBDql6CsMQgeFnegqRyjNcs3-cEmzAjufNI-_zUhiGfffsOJdpul_1KepALspipcKKDl0g_s6iPACZCuSpw0B1WPo0owgZ8lxyNOzbX3NZKLJom98wqArPJ0YX/s4032/Phoenix-photo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Two tablet woven bands, one red, yellow, orange and black, the other white green, blue and purple, draped across a stony background. They are both patterned with a feather motif" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcY3x0CipTPQf1Rttq3chGj7FSn57tn5nqYK6nY9g2cR0_ctJtrdwiFD-EpW53CSLBDql6CsMQgeFnegqRyjNcs3-cEmzAjufNI-_zUhiGfffsOJdpul_1KepALspipcKKDl0g_s6iPACZCuSpw0B1WPo0owgZ8lxyNOzbX3NZKLJom98wqArPJ0YX/w345-h460/Phoenix-photo.jpg" title="The Phoenix sample bands" width="345" /></a></div><p>I recently shared a little of the design process for a new draft over on Instagram and asked if people thought the motif colours (green, blue and purple) would look better on a black or a white background. The answer was two thirds in favour of black and one third in favour of white, so I decided to weave a second version of the draft to show what it looks like in additional colours.</p><p>I've named the draft Phoenix as one sample is the colours we think of for the mythical phoenix and the other is the colour of the Phoenicians, the purple people. The small diamonds at the edges of the draft are from the narrow Oseberg band that I've referenced before. I really like how they weave up in a simple threaded-in band. The draft would be highly suitable for a beginner as, once the tablets are threaded, the turning sequence involves turning all the tablets forwards for each row. You will find that you get a build up of twist behind the tablets pretty quickly, so when I was weaving the samples, I switched my turning direction after 60 pattern repeats (240 rows) to weave out the twist.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IgKxDPecpfNAIiiB0U2eGbRdhjWWlZQY5jfHykNv1U9xghbrosFQdj0odR4EOFGhclhT1a6zRqyA1JehtCdFxzJwChm_XE1kn8Fh4kUok_bIFBNdLKnmr3RVBWz2VHBM2V0IDFSq7x5y6MGER5SYeMb8tbYZmMr7b8WSWf0rxD8zeWTSwH8AjeA1/s2077/Phoenix%20Purple.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A tablet weaving draft formed by two grids, the upper showing the turning sequence for the tablets and the lower showing the threading for the tablets. The squares are filled with white, green, blue and purple ovals to represent threads" border="0" data-original-height="2077" data-original-width="1920" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IgKxDPecpfNAIiiB0U2eGbRdhjWWlZQY5jfHykNv1U9xghbrosFQdj0odR4EOFGhclhT1a6zRqyA1JehtCdFxzJwChm_XE1kn8Fh4kUok_bIFBNdLKnmr3RVBWz2VHBM2V0IDFSq7x5y6MGER5SYeMb8tbYZmMr7b8WSWf0rxD8zeWTSwH8AjeA1/w370-h400/Phoenix%20Purple.jpg" title="The draft for the purple version of the Phoenix band" width="370" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL5H5ZS0zt3-tSRxqWMEeFWJQXc7esf08NHP-YEgTW9zRwm3vToMq5VovrcES-eN2XsbcF3QHmparh8YoatyWqxPDjxfvf6r1ZFj5BqzShzCwxoVTqytxO785DnFlDlgA9AgYfid5V46VgmB2vEjvxN6-aJao1M3BAYOWPnLloK8_sEJkYVad9nxFj/s2077/Phoenix%20Red.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A tablet weaving draft formed by two grids, the upper showing the turning sequence for the tablets and the lower showing the threading for the tablets. The squares are filled with black, yellow, orange and red ovals to represent threads" border="0" data-original-height="2077" data-original-width="1920" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL5H5ZS0zt3-tSRxqWMEeFWJQXc7esf08NHP-YEgTW9zRwm3vToMq5VovrcES-eN2XsbcF3QHmparh8YoatyWqxPDjxfvf6r1ZFj5BqzShzCwxoVTqytxO785DnFlDlgA9AgYfid5V46VgmB2vEjvxN6-aJao1M3BAYOWPnLloK8_sEJkYVad9nxFj/w370-h400/Phoenix%20Red.jpg" title="The draft for the red version of the Phoenix band" width="370" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Click on the links below to download the .tdd files and text versions for this draft:</h3><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ap6er-6MAItmj1TlO9eaTuRmRJDvt6Xr/view?usp=share_link"><u><b>TDD file for the purple Phoenix draft</b></u></a></p><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/18KHv4Co6zGq6Qh6IgcTNkYaEuliwakjI/view?usp=share_link"><u><b>Text version for the purple Phoenix draft</b></u></a></p><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_E8Wns3PNuFOTK4-2Jghk-VszUnM6fVN/view?usp=share_link"><u><b>TDD file for the red Phoenix draft</b></u></a></p><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GGLd_Yc6DsnJGjABwjOlfCAIlQgjCX6Y/view?usp=share_link"><u><b>Text version for the red Phoenix draft</b></u></a></p><p><i style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">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.</i></p>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-15030690032089707672022-12-29T15:07:00.002+00:002022-12-29T15:07:20.992+00:00Tablet Weaving Draft Designer Updates!It's that time of year again! We have three new features and one change in behaviour for you to play with.<div><br /></div><div>You can now set your backwards turn saturation in the Display section by entering a value into a box in addition to using the slider that we had previously. This should make it easier to keep the saturation consistent between drafts. </div><div>The Repeats section now has the option to change the visual scale for the mock-up of the band that it generates. I'm going to be using this one a lot myself, especially when I'm designing something big that otherwise wouldn't fit on the page. </div><div>In the Rulers section, when the ruler reaches the edge of the draft (the right side for the vertical ruler and the top for the horizontal ruler) pressing + on the control will place the ruler back at the beginning of its range. This will come in handy for those of us who use the ruler to mark our place in the draft while weaving, as we'll be able to shift it back to the beginning of the draft more easily. If you have the text description for the draft turned on in the Display section, you will now find that the pick marked by the horizontal ruler will be in bold in the description.</div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-1168424999134177512022-11-21T18:18:00.001+00:002022-11-21T18:18:11.295+00:00Fleurs-de-Lis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKJaFlC8htRaIekbKCw0UFE3-g9GRAq5QhmT7L-SKbGaaxG0AP1As0vWgVue7Mv0sgXBBuyS7KpQKNtwfRXADjefw87yZohiAtuXLo4_fJD4IxsWthzpbi2iggZT9EHg6B8NJt6NjJmBxZ5yoQ6Vu-PHYTBLEh5GVW360a_ofMrQFXl42Ugw8AXXL/s1800/S-FDL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A photo of a tablet woven band patterned with small purple and white diamonds around a larger diamond containing white, yellow and purple fleurs-de-lis" border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1443" height="491" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKJaFlC8htRaIekbKCw0UFE3-g9GRAq5QhmT7L-SKbGaaxG0AP1As0vWgVue7Mv0sgXBBuyS7KpQKNtwfRXADjefw87yZohiAtuXLo4_fJD4IxsWthzpbi2iggZT9EHg6B8NJt6NjJmBxZ5yoQ6Vu-PHYTBLEh5GVW360a_ofMrQFXl42Ugw8AXXL/w394-h491/S-FDL.jpg" title="A photo of the Fleurs-de-Lis as woven" width="394" /></a></div><p>This draft is from one of the two bands I designed based on <a href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O358026/orphrey/"><b>V&A 838-1894</b></a> for my book<a href="https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/11338612-tablet-weaving-in-theory-and-practice-golden-diag"><b> <i>Tablet Weaving in Theory and Practice: Golden Diagonals</i></b></a>. You can find a further eighteen drafts that that use the same threading diagram in the section on V&A 838-1894 in the book, as well as eighteen for its companion band. <i>Golden Diagonals</i> is an exploration of 11th century to 14th century gold brocaded bands (known as orphreys) from certain types of vestments. There a total of 15 bands in the book, based on 8 extant objects: the chasuble of St. Vitalis, the chasuble of St. Wolfgang, the chasuble of St. Heinrich, fragments of a chasuble orphrey cross, V&A 1256-1864, V&A 838-1894, the Hildesheim cope, and the orphrey of abbot John Dygon. I've translated many of the motifs into other tablet woven structures: warp-twining, simple double-face, warp-floats, threaded-in, Icelandic vacant-hole, and two-hole weaving, as well as including two bands in the brocade of the originals.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEWAn5c2cpUB59ZLwFsb5YcbtNMRhPXAL8AGdQyw3ZWsHvoxw5EUGkhgDqgqGnRuQfWagkOg7exoRYFGZgwnPSTEXS_o-kboO4Fb3cmILgtfvjpHYnAoZEzu-cj3KZjjKDHfiWscnjTwpOESJl2MELXuAlYVHT2lmUAfWGUHeBG77YPq9JDmtpZZAs/s15126/838-1894-cropped.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="A diagram drawn in green, purple, gold, red and beige, with alternating lozenges containing either a spiralling motif or 4 fleurs-de-lis" border="0" data-original-height="15126" data-original-width="2605" height="2060" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEWAn5c2cpUB59ZLwFsb5YcbtNMRhPXAL8AGdQyw3ZWsHvoxw5EUGkhgDqgqGnRuQfWagkOg7exoRYFGZgwnPSTEXS_o-kboO4Fb3cmILgtfvjpHYnAoZEzu-cj3KZjjKDHfiWscnjTwpOESJl2MELXuAlYVHT2lmUAfWGUHeBG77YPq9JDmtpZZAs/w354-h2060/838-1894-cropped.jpg" title="A diagram of V&A 838-1894" width="354" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p>I wove the sample for this band (Band 11 of the book) in King Cole Merino Blend 4-ply wool yarn in the colours mustard yellow, white, and blackcurrant purple, with additional blackcurrant purple yarn as my weft. </p><p>This orphrey fragment is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum, UK, but is no longer associated with a specific vestment. Unfortunately, this is not unusual, due to the re-tailoring and conservation process that many vestments have been through and the practice of retaining the ornaments when the accompanying garment itself is beyond use. A second fragment (inventory number: MT 35053) of this band survives and is held by the Musée des Tissus, France. They have been dated to 1100-1299 by the V&A or, more specifically, the 13th century by the Musée des Tissus. It is believed that they were woven in Sicily, Italy[1], although the V&A identifies its fragment as German, which may be more of an indication of where it was used as an orphrey as part of a vestment.</p><p>The Musée des Tissus fragment is 113mm wide and 510mm long; the V&A fragment is a little longer, as the final quarter of the motif section at the bottom edge of the Musée des Tissus piece is cut off. The original orphrey was woven using 160 square tablets, threaded in all four holes with a fine 2-ply silk thread, now beige-coloured with hints of rose[1] and a rose silk main weft. The tablets were set up in an alternating threading and turned continuously together in the same direction. There is no evidence[2] that their turning direction was reversed during weaving, but this may not be representative of the original band as a whole. </p><p>The V&A fragment has 6 lozenges containing either 4 fleurs-de-lis or a spiralling motif, against either a green or beige background, decorated with angular vines with either flowers or buds. The background of each section is filled with small brocaded diamonds. Each motif section is 140mm long[2] and is formed by brocade threads in beige, green, brown, red, and purple silks, with spun gold and silver threads with cream silk cores, used doubled. The back of the band shows that the brocade threads were used economically, passing along the back when not needed. It would have been complex to weave, as multiple different colours of brocade weft were in use at a time and they each appear to have been wound on enough shuttles to allow them to be used only in localised areas, without them needing to pass across the space between motifs.</p><p>I adapted this band (Band 11 of <i>Golden Diagonals</i>) from the motifs on the V&A fragment of the orphrey, alongside it sister band (Band 10). They both have the same motifs, but for 67 tablets (Band 10) and 34 tablets (Band 11). The orphrey fragment has a total of three spiralling motifs, so I separated them into centres and frames, then recombined them to give a total of nine motifs. I then designed another three frames which give us another nine motifs, when combined with the centres. I had a lot of fun with these two bands, especially the part where I was translating the motifs for half as many pattern tablets.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><h4 style="clear: both;">You can download the TDD file for this draft by <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TaV5niHbxCojze7QtA2YUdm7pZ7LuBEW/view?usp=share_linkhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1TaV5niHbxCojze7QtA2YUdm7pZ7LuBEW/view?usp=share_link">clicking here</a>.<br />You can download the text version of this draft by <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CbAv8cI5j_OVcePL9A5wj9aaJnz9KyKJ/view?usp=share_link">clicking here</a>.</h4><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsKLvgNdKWHWq6R_kyxqn0XnfUy2KyghWDGaiFATomm4zDNg2b8V6Dzs2fHkv4iQuvuCs8dpuGJHuZVYxVI0r28_Nx4qwBtHtQvhntQGFtVoQ4dFSg5jPpjmSUHnjGoFyaz92A_P_Dv_7JplYLUhNqauIqEQZaJCi9-hqPBiyFfyEys_t5OBN_w7lr/s2567/smaller_bonus_c%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A 34 cell wide and 40 cell wide grid with grey or white squares containing purple, white or yellow ovals to show the turning sequence for the motif, with a 4 cell high by 34 cell wide grid below to show the tablet threading." border="0" data-original-height="2567" data-original-width="1800" height="730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsKLvgNdKWHWq6R_kyxqn0XnfUy2KyghWDGaiFATomm4zDNg2b8V6Dzs2fHkv4iQuvuCs8dpuGJHuZVYxVI0r28_Nx4qwBtHtQvhntQGFtVoQ4dFSg5jPpjmSUHnjGoFyaz92A_P_Dv_7JplYLUhNqauIqEQZaJCi9-hqPBiyFfyEys_t5OBN_w7lr/w511-h730/smaller_bonus_c%20(1).jpg" title="Fleurs-de-Lis" width="511" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">References</h3><p>[1] Spies, N. (2000). Ecclesiastical Pomp and Aristocratic Circumstance: A Thousand Years Of Brocaded Tabletwoven Bands, Arelate Studio.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">[2] Lassalle, S. (Textile Analysis and General Secretary of CIETA) and Pradier, F. (Documentary Research Officer), The Musée des Tissus, personal communication, (13/05/2022)</div></div><br /><div>As with all of the free patterns/drafts 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.</div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-70155487687361074572022-11-21T16:56:00.007+00:002022-11-21T16:57:38.347+00:00Medieval Errors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb2sEkWN9GyeAyQkew6eJ_mJLplQ5b41wxxnrOc0FeRE3GpwfKcNIdYVYymWZOC_739MBVj8ZDhxRLXZQHnlc0xOQx7wDcTrfQ0hUWJ4CBlF0XarxVyj05KOkxqMqhEbMxsW3oRcMyJgWMgPOZhdqvXu1YeSa3OL94SYWVR2fWPJfkEbAFDW5OJdx1/s1286/HHC-2H-error.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A photo of a blue and white tablet woven band patterned with blue diagonal lines and dots on a white background. The blue lines form a broken spiralling motif inside a zig-zag lozenge." border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="895" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb2sEkWN9GyeAyQkew6eJ_mJLplQ5b41wxxnrOc0FeRE3GpwfKcNIdYVYymWZOC_739MBVj8ZDhxRLXZQHnlc0xOQx7wDcTrfQ0hUWJ4CBlF0XarxVyj05KOkxqMqhEbMxsW3oRcMyJgWMgPOZhdqvXu1YeSa3OL94SYWVR2fWPJfkEbAFDW5OJdx1/w273-h393/HHC-2H-error.jpg" title="A photo of the Medieval Errors motif" width="273" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>This draft is from one of the two bands I designed based on <a href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O113500/the-hildesheim-cope-cope-unknown/"><b>the Hildesheim cope</b></a> (held by the Victoria & Albert Museum, UK) for my book <i><a href="https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/11338612-tablet-weaving-in-theory-and-practice-golden-diag"><b>Tablet Weaving in Theory and Practice: Golden Diagonals</b></a></i>. You can find a further six that use the same threading diagram in the section on the Hildesheim cope in the book. <i>Golden Diagonals</i> is an exploration of 11th century to 14th century gold brocaded bands (known as orphreys) from certain types of vestments. There a total of 15 bands in the book, based on 8 extant objects: the chasuble of St. Vitalis, the chasuble of St. Wolfgang, the chasuble of St. Heinrich, fragments of a chasuble orphrey cross, V&A 1256-1864, V&A 838-1894, the Hildesheim cope, and the orphrey of abbot John Dygon. I've translated many of the motifs into other tablet woven structures: warp-twining, simple double-face, warp-floats, threaded-in, Icelandic vacant-hole, and two-hole weaving, as well as including two bands in the brocade of the originals.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiuA2NppBxKW5rZLHGjT7i8RI1g5Pf_jqP65UJv0DhuH8K965AGMnk1oqzB1vz8p0pnwnbE9aLmBc-zYyIpWTBFCKEYrfNVYcM6ZeKtZGyd_4EUYobMmTDUbHO5vEMPqYjJ5OJiBs6x_-Gqmo5iINJnli0kAtNx7wWJj70TXiuVrFgD7aWYqfZLFfC/s3505/Cope.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A green semi-circle with a pink triangle in the centre of the straight edge at the top, a thick red line across the straight edge and a thick blue line down the centre" border="0" data-original-height="1705" data-original-width="3505" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiuA2NppBxKW5rZLHGjT7i8RI1g5Pf_jqP65UJv0DhuH8K965AGMnk1oqzB1vz8p0pnwnbE9aLmBc-zYyIpWTBFCKEYrfNVYcM6ZeKtZGyd_4EUYobMmTDUbHO5vEMPqYjJ5OJiBs6x_-Gqmo5iINJnli0kAtNx7wWJj70TXiuVrFgD7aWYqfZLFfC/w565-h275/Cope.jpg" title="A diagram of the Hildesheim Cope" width="565" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>The Hildesheim cope (V&A inventory number: 17-1873), would have been worn by Christian priests during processions as a cape-like garment over other vestments. It is a masterpiece of German brick-stitch embroidery storytelling, depicting the martyring of 29 different saints in bright, colourful silks. Each of the saints and their tormentors are housed in a circle which overlaps its neighbours, forming curved-edged hexagons, and wear clothing decorated in geometric designs. While the congregation in early 14th-century Germany, where the cope was made, may not all have been literate, they would have recognised the symbolism in each of the hexagons and been able to identify each saint when they came into view as the priest moved and the folds of the garment shifted.</p><p>The two tablet woven orphreys on the cope hold pride of place, where they would have been most noticeable during use. It is believed that the bands (possibly from Köln, Germany[1]) are not original to the vestment and were added during later reshaping work. The band I describe as the "vertical orphrey" would have hung down the priest's spine, on the centre-back of the garment and the band I describe as the "horizontal orphrey" would have been worn as two vertical strips down the priest's front. The vertical orphrey is the wider of the two bands and is decorated with large lozenges framing a single repeated spiralling motif, brocaded alternately in blue and two other colours of silk (which are unfortunately now badly faded). </p><p>You can read more about the cope itself and its horizontal and vertical orphreys in <i>Tablet Weaving in Theory and Practice: Golden Diagonals</i>. The motifs of two smaller brocaded tablet woven bands that form the edgings of the vertical orphrey and the vestigial hood are described in my book <i><a href="https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/10873253-tablet-weaving-in-theory-and-practice-vacant-hole"><b>Tablet Weaving in Theory and Practice: Vacant-Hole Pinwheels Revised Edition</b></a></i>.</p><p>I adapted this band (Band 13 of <i>Golden Diagonals</i>) from the repeating motif on the vertical orphrey of the Hildesheim cope, with two additional motifs inspired by some of the weaving errors on the orphrey. Of the 11 motifs currently visible on the orphrey (there may be a 12th hidden behind the vestigial hood), 9 include at least one error, although their commonalities suggest that they were intended to be identical. Such errors are reasonably common in such bands, especially where the weave structure is complex and uses a large number of tablets, dissuading the weaver from undoing their work to make corrections[2][3]. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsTHZg39sz4lDyZsz-3qRB_PJlIcsCj2hhOs8XOsUV__raMJfQBMXjUYkQ1IlYOwa2bcB9eyEAreleBSAm5WvEdT5uluQdTDXyqDgS5wg2jU9cBv__lfSGoXJ3hNO8xlaFPVFU9brCPLJaJlQq6uBl8ou-6NouNE8SyZKIaW9WIqKK-jTGQjSB42fg/s845/HHC-VERTICAL-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Straight black lines forming a diamond shape made from zig-zags and filled with a broken spiralling pattern" border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="786" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsTHZg39sz4lDyZsz-3qRB_PJlIcsCj2hhOs8XOsUV__raMJfQBMXjUYkQ1IlYOwa2bcB9eyEAreleBSAm5WvEdT5uluQdTDXyqDgS5wg2jU9cBv__lfSGoXJ3hNO8xlaFPVFU9brCPLJaJlQq6uBl8ou-6NouNE8SyZKIaW9WIqKK-jTGQjSB42fg/w360-h387/HHC-VERTICAL-2.jpg" title="A diagram of one of the lozenges from the Hildesheim cope vertical orphrey" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wove the sample for this band in 16/2nm wool weaving yarn, that I dyed blue with indigo using an alum mordant, as well as natural white, with white sewing thread as my weft. I used sewing thread as it's smooth, strong and is finer than my warp threads, so it helps to reduce elongation of the motifs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can download the TDD file for this draft by <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F8O_KJ_NiLWtJOIgWXyWubK9kw32rKCL/view?usp=share_link">clicking here</a>.<br />You can download the text version of this draft by <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mKXbKo75E_OxyJiNlSNM9cd0DjctKjOp/view?usp=share_link">clicking here</a>.</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1K122KcR84LYQU-zXtps4fbqD6QliGb7Y9LiWCw1JAyRyv1b_gY4y_gPVg1fdEVOuCOCgQggA4wnZQ4fs8baV6boVZ3ar80dgoHjmCP9EpvY-G7rQdk8pHbbuRPnHPVOE50Lv52dH3vcfzLjqb67qYfcmFPQfw-NmGjMwGAKSSv73S0S92xXyoN1/s2013/HHC-2H-Errors.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A 58 cell wide and 60 cell high grid showing the pattern of white forward turns and grey backward turns needed to form the motif using white and blue threads. A second grid 58 cells wide and 4 cells high filled with empty boxes, and white and blue thread ovals shows the threading needed." border="0" data-original-height="2013" data-original-width="1800" height="597" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1K122KcR84LYQU-zXtps4fbqD6QliGb7Y9LiWCw1JAyRyv1b_gY4y_gPVg1fdEVOuCOCgQggA4wnZQ4fs8baV6boVZ3ar80dgoHjmCP9EpvY-G7rQdk8pHbbuRPnHPVOE50Lv52dH3vcfzLjqb67qYfcmFPQfw-NmGjMwGAKSSv73S0S92xXyoN1/w533-h597/HHC-2H-Errors.jpg" title="The draft for the Medieval Errors motif" width="533" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">References</h3><p>[1] Epe, E. et al. (1991). Schatzkammer auf Zeit. Die Sammlungen des Bischofs Eduard Jakob Wedekin, 1769-1870, Diözesan-Museum Hildesheim. (pp. 168-9)</p><p>[2] Hansen, E. (1990). Tablet Weaving: History, Techniques, Colours, Patterns, Hovedland Publishers.</p><p>[3] Ræder Knudsen, L. (2004). Written Patterns in Early Tablet Weaving, In: Priceless Invention of Humanity: Textiles. North European Symposium for Archaeological Textiles VIII. (pp. 121-128)</p><p><br /></p><p>As with all of the free patterns/drafts 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.</p><p></p><p></p>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-24335715087724412312022-11-13T16:31:00.003+00:002022-11-17T16:15:13.122+00:00Further Book News<p>We're close, we're very close! </p><p>Over the last few weeks, the book made it through copy-editing, ("You may keep 33% of the commas in this sentence" and other such mean things were said), the image samples came and I edited the rest of the photos, I finalised the text, and tidied up the reference list. Then, last night... LAST NIGHT... I uploaded the file to my publisher and set them going on the proof copies! I may be more than a little excited that it's almost time to share it with you. I'm expecting the proof copies on or before 25/11/2022, so expect the publishing date (provided that the proofs are ok) to be either late November or early December.</p><p>In the meantime, I'll be working on the two freebie drafts related to the book that I'm releasing here and videos about the book and each of the 16 bands featured in it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0EKXCt0D5LM" width="320" youtube-src-id="0EKXCt0D5LM"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-52801517428827503612022-10-30T16:22:00.001+00:002022-10-30T16:22:10.037+00:00New Book Update<p>The new book is coming along and is almost finished! It's been through the copy editing stage (I have a few things to tidy up that got flagged and are still outstanding) and the publisher has the image samples to print, which should hopefully arrive by the end of the week. Once I have them back, I'll edit the remaining photos and get them in place in the book and upload it for printing! It's looking good for a final release date at the end of November. As usual it'll be available in hardcover, softcover and pdf. In the days leading up to release day I'll be adding two free drafts to the blog that tie in with the bands in the book.</p><p>I'm looking forward to seeing what people weave from it!</p>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-13625290813180110102022-08-31T17:30:00.000+01:002022-08-31T17:30:03.537+01:00Research Woes and Further Book NewsHave you ever had one of those days when you're utterly unimpressed by medieval German monks?<div><br /></div><div>As I continue to work on my book, I've been researching the topic of tablet woven brocade as a whole, as well as finding out more about specific objects. I've been finding weirdly conflicting information about the Chasuble of St. Wolfgang and have discovered that it isn't one object, but two! There are TWO chasubles attributed to the Saint, both held by the <a href="https://bistum-regensburg.de/news/sommerreihe-kostbarkeiten-aus-dem-domschatz"><b>Regensburg Museum</b></a>, both originating in the same German monastery, both the same distinctive early chasuble bell-shape, both made from dark blue silk samite fabric, and both adorned with gold brocaded tablet woven bands. Neither chasuble was actually worn by St. Wolfgang, as they were made after his death, possibly as acts of devotion in celebration of him. I'm now wondering just how many more chasubles exist, or have existed, that bear his name, likewise for the other objects I'm looking at and the saints that they are linked to.</div><div><br /></div><div>As work on the book has progressed, I have come to the conclusion that it won't be ready, at least at the level of quality that I want, by the end of September, so I have revised my self-imposed deadline to the end of November. It's been a very busy summer in my day job and I just haven't had enough time spare to put into weaving, research and writing. My workload will be easing somewhat from September, so that should help things along. I will be posting updates about my progress here, as I have them. Thank you for your patience in this.</div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-75547906211346155832022-08-12T19:49:00.000+01:002022-08-12T19:49:05.076+01:00Blurb Hardcopy Sale<p>This weekend my publisher, Blurb.com, are running a 20% off sale event this weekend (15th August-17th August, ending at 11.59pm local time). <a href="http://www.tabletweavingintheoryandpractice.co.uk/p/books-ive-written-about-tablet-weaving.html"><b>You can find the links to the sale pages for all my books here</b></a> and in the right bar to the right. Just use the code BOOKSMARTS at checkout to get the discount on all hardcopies.</p>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-23250954858223742902022-07-11T15:25:00.001+01:002022-07-11T15:25:26.324+01:00Book News!<p>Since January this year, I've been working on my next book project. I'm really excited to share it with you and it should hopefully be ready to publish towards the end of September. </p><p>It's an exploration of medieval tablet woven orphreys (gold bands found on ecclesiastical vestments), looking at 8 different extant objects, with plenty of background notes on each of them. I've translated many of the motifs into other tablet woven structures, including: warp-twining, simple double-face, warp-floats, threaded-in, Icelandic vacant-hole, and two-hole weaving, as well as two bands brocaded like the originals. I'm also including information about weaving in each of the structures and instructions on reducing the number of tablets if desired. </p><p>There will be 14 bands, using numbers of tablets ranging from 18 to 80, for you to weave and a total of 78 individual drafts to mix and match. They are a variety of different difficulty levels, making the book accessible for beginners and more experienced weavers alike. </p><p>I'm looking forward to seeing the bands people weave from it!</p>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-29760122148872677312022-05-05T12:02:00.000+01:002022-05-05T12:02:17.191+01:00Minions<p>I originally designed and wove this draft back in 2015 and shared in the Baelfyr (the Insulae Draconis SCA group newsletter), but it never made it as far as the blog. While the draft for this band is my own invention, the subject, Minions, belongs solely and completely to Universal Studios.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj43xSCwYeMb-dbiEbgdNQxacz-b9F5ykyT69D6hOoo_VVauz4lv2qFk67XNJiXTz6Tj5YNHpTmkgxGj-WwSPhMSmHSHCtCabo1a3eERH6r25ju2gWFyrAM9_m7s0roFJJDL17mq0K6vi1cs2dWj3vJ9Gy_ydeuc2cIp5xQqfChffSoooWnFJUdjOnb/s4032/image0%20(5).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A short section of tablet woven band showing little yellow men in blue overalls, photographed against a grassy background" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj43xSCwYeMb-dbiEbgdNQxacz-b9F5ykyT69D6hOoo_VVauz4lv2qFk67XNJiXTz6Tj5YNHpTmkgxGj-WwSPhMSmHSHCtCabo1a3eERH6r25ju2gWFyrAM9_m7s0roFJJDL17mq0K6vi1cs2dWj3vJ9Gy_ydeuc2cIp5xQqfChffSoooWnFJUdjOnb/w240-h320/image0%20(5).jpeg" title="The Minions sample band" width="240" /></a></div><p>It was an interesting one to weave, as I was swapping out threads on the fly when they weren't giving me the effect I wanted. I cut the offending thread 5cm away from the edge of the band, pulled it out of its tablet, cut a new piece to length, tied it onto the back of the loom, threaded it through the tablet, then tied it on to the cut end of the old thread. The result was somewhat messy, but each thread swap got me closer to what I was hoping for. Unfortunately, I don't have much of the finished band, as it went to live with a friend. If I was to weave it again, I would use a white weft rather than a blue one, to avoid the little blue dots on the background between the Minions.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6KODV1PMVTI6MwvEDXRwvQ7uFlKoC5D-pRX095eARgLXx1CEQ9cZrSPyaHZw-FZOyieVla8MCiUiK8YTj96_2p4tayt8wwTFNzxjlk9ilO3Rwl0jHue9EoEa-7_zOA5ucBzcaNlO4wik2DnuzqpLyj1ReROR2kT-rzJaIOD9GTJEa5552uqXXkD_/s1920/Minions.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="A tablet weaving draft formed from two grids, each filled with diagonal ovals in white, blue, yellow, grey and black." border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1920" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6KODV1PMVTI6MwvEDXRwvQ7uFlKoC5D-pRX095eARgLXx1CEQ9cZrSPyaHZw-FZOyieVla8MCiUiK8YTj96_2p4tayt8wwTFNzxjlk9ilO3Rwl0jHue9EoEa-7_zOA5ucBzcaNlO4wik2DnuzqpLyj1ReROR2kT-rzJaIOD9GTJEa5552uqXXkD_/w545-h357/Minions.jpg" title="The Minions Draft" width="545" /></a></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ew0156wjqlccvmZR0MUwSa10VoTUe2zH/view?usp=sharing">You can download the .tdd file for this draft by clicking here</a></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZKt0aUQxuTwu5uS4YHxd83jwY_niHwPr/view?usp=sharing">You can download the text version for this draft by clicking here</a></h4><p>To form the black eye dots, thread a needle with black yarn, the same as the one used in the warp, held doubled and make small running stitches across the diamond goggle section, carrying the thread behind the band between stitches.</p><p><br /></p><p><i style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">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.</i></p>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-53615895512591394582022-02-17T22:12:00.001+00:002023-02-03T12:14:22.397+00:00A Study in Stripes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMmDyvqVhXn7lu1_8kz2pKh9FTYOTxSNyhqMvKQ1db8zXjm5CrYXSUNrrNU-Yn6hbhVidoNjSO_T9ux6E7FRwtNAveYLkDFtwX5HkAbvb8StBqJ8Dl0i2b8SGfFNF2TQRocp8loQJNjQJ3pffAMY1FX7p72WGmE3nuSuFtmIBv25UpVZ98T-t9tvwR=s3982" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A photograph of two lengths of tablet woven band, laid horizontally across the frame and patterned with a full spectrum of colours, with black as a contrast, in a variety of different widths and lengths of diagonal line" border="0" data-original-height="2733" data-original-width="3982" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMmDyvqVhXn7lu1_8kz2pKh9FTYOTxSNyhqMvKQ1db8zXjm5CrYXSUNrrNU-Yn6hbhVidoNjSO_T9ux6E7FRwtNAveYLkDFtwX5HkAbvb8StBqJ8Dl0i2b8SGfFNF2TQRocp8loQJNjQJ3pffAMY1FX7p72WGmE3nuSuFtmIBv25UpVZ98T-t9tvwR=w459-h316" title="The A Study in Stripes band" width="459" /></a></div><p>I designed and wove this band to play around with diagonal lines of different widths way back in 2016, when I first started trying to write about tablet weaving in earnest. The draft for it has been requested over on Instagram (you can find me there as @tabletweaving), so I'm taking the time to give it a proper write up. As it's one of my experimental samples, there are 4 different turning sequences to try, all of which are twist neutral for the pattern tablets. Bonus points if you can identify the book that the name refers to! </p><p>The definite star of this draft is the <a href="https://lunaticfringeyarns.com/product/10and20mercerized-cotton-yarn-tubular-spectrum/"><u><b>tubular spectrum</b></u></a> by Lunatic Fringe Yarns. I used their black 10/2 mercerised cotton alongside (in the same order as in the draft, from left to right) #10 yellow, #10 green yellow, #10 green, #10 blue green, #10 blue, #10 purple blue, #10 purple, #10 red purple, #10 red and #10 yellow red, all also in 10/2 mercerised cotton. Mercerised cotton is really smooth and strong and a dream to tablet weave with, so I would recommend this yarn to both beginners and more experienced weavers alike. I've done my best to recreate the colours in the drafts, but I haven't quite been able to do justice to the vibrancy of the original.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">The threading diagram for this band is as follows:</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiILcJnu5GZ5ZtLnsH-rXZQhJ9aHBbGopOCmT-P4omVZ8LzTuO_5FdoNAFqsnfTe4NdxPG-F0_KJCc3pmuNgGFAFnspeY0jBAXxfjLnghCdfl0JlD41o-UvejjVGZp1IK_OhNdqm3dyoQi20CKA7t4xzwS4kgz03c0pj27Qy_sTIU1jwM7cSCIEagv7=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A threading diagram for tablet weaving formed from a table with 4 rows and 40 columns, with each square filled with a coloured oval to represent threads" border="0" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="1920" height="72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiILcJnu5GZ5ZtLnsH-rXZQhJ9aHBbGopOCmT-P4omVZ8LzTuO_5FdoNAFqsnfTe4NdxPG-F0_KJCc3pmuNgGFAFnspeY0jBAXxfjLnghCdfl0JlD41o-UvejjVGZp1IK_OhNdqm3dyoQi20CKA7t4xzwS4kgz03c0pj27Qy_sTIU1jwM7cSCIEagv7=w563-h72" title="The threading diagram for A Study in Stripes" width="563" /></a></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">You can download the text version of the threading diagram by<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HRFKfqGngJ2hE66pYemAzpaLjA2OFl-FcE8hMbDvfb0/edit?usp=sharing"><u><b> clicking here</b></u></a>.</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigJS_BDRiqGgnaLH8KHEEuhAG1wX--C0y-Z_Sqni_RmghqSpt7DAbCIEV001_uVVGeKa-MtjXn-9Y4D6Yks-XF754cFsdi7FVsJPbtbRtRo98RHnOoTAf0gKLX5L4fjmBdczy5ukPMdJsuL8AguWvUNR_snl9fTh511Rk4shhqpA-94RWLclN4hYZG=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A tablet weaving turning sequence represented by a table with 8 rows, with white background squares showing forward turns and grey background squares showing backward turns" border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="1920" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigJS_BDRiqGgnaLH8KHEEuhAG1wX--C0y-Z_Sqni_RmghqSpt7DAbCIEV001_uVVGeKa-MtjXn-9Y4D6Yks-XF754cFsdi7FVsJPbtbRtRo98RHnOoTAf0gKLX5L4fjmBdczy5ukPMdJsuL8AguWvUNR_snl9fTh511Rk4shhqpA-94RWLclN4hYZG=w561-h126" title="The first turning sequence for A Study in Stripes" width="561" /></a></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">The text version of the first variation is a follows: </h4><p style="text-align: left;">turn all tablets forwards for 4 picks, then turn tablets 1 and 40 forwards and the remaining tablets backwards for 4 picks.</p><p style="text-align: left;">You can download the TDD file <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/18zubKJpTL3XhZJEafXf04CBv3ly3E4JT/view?usp=sharing"><u><b>here</b></u></a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi366h9MgAhj07IPkMUgqawz626sgVnPJQEBx0zBI9hp6pa4AYrT35n9lSSchrzGdDqmQ6AWhieQd2h4wT42zkk8KLxN5ftqk09rjTPvJJhPHH4ps3QlZhI2UXkh4aHnSx5P2pMmsF6LZQXhZqmN-MP__X8DtCBxTkMUJOSbJ561bWEPJyDAwXdYiLq=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A tablet weaving turning sequence represented by a table with 40 rows, with white background squares showing forward turns and grey background squares showing backward turns" border="0" data-original-height="1915" data-original-width="1920" height="563" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi366h9MgAhj07IPkMUgqawz626sgVnPJQEBx0zBI9hp6pa4AYrT35n9lSSchrzGdDqmQ6AWhieQd2h4wT42zkk8KLxN5ftqk09rjTPvJJhPHH4ps3QlZhI2UXkh4aHnSx5P2pMmsF6LZQXhZqmN-MP__X8DtCBxTkMUJOSbJ561bWEPJyDAwXdYiLq=w564-h563" title="The turning sequence for the second variation of A Study in Stripes" width="564" /></a></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">The text version of the second variation is a follows: </h4><p style="text-align: left;">turn all tablets forwards for 20 picks, then turn tablets 1 and 40 forwards and the remaining tablets backwards for 20 picks.</p><p style="text-align: left;">You can download the TDD file <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w74DjRvRbDlfISDQ8WyIz8imksFWspAP/view?usp=sharing"><u><b>here</b></u></a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFU7fbOLO5E_B1vbK3sWVFcJ6U6V0FgjaZ5ooRri4P8fGYvcBUTZL10ThAv1V-VS47Q2XgZQHBeooPhrlFq8tyoUuJo9mK8INQCFGm_PyZ1fetTNUbmMAZv5FdPuH6_OyiwtzA-d9dVfObxf9GqCtmerLnUuFj0DicjmnQe4f3Yj8FA377LDxC3yx6=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A tablet weaving turning sequence represented by a table with 12 rows, with white background squares showing forward turns and grey background squares showing backward turns" border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="1920" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFU7fbOLO5E_B1vbK3sWVFcJ6U6V0FgjaZ5ooRri4P8fGYvcBUTZL10ThAv1V-VS47Q2XgZQHBeooPhrlFq8tyoUuJo9mK8INQCFGm_PyZ1fetTNUbmMAZv5FdPuH6_OyiwtzA-d9dVfObxf9GqCtmerLnUuFj0DicjmnQe4f3Yj8FA377LDxC3yx6=w562-h179" title="The turning diagram for the third variation of A Study in Stripes" width="562" /></a></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">The text version of the third variation is a follows:</h4><p style="text-align: left;">turn all tablets forwards for 4 picks, then turn tablets 1 and 40 forwards and the remaining tablets backwards for 2 picks, then turn all tablets forwards for 2 picks, then turn tablets 1 and 40 forwards and the remaining tablets backwards for 4 picks.</p><p style="text-align: left;">You can download the TDD file <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/19SpknhCeDNNvxQhf1PiddD5D-HKOz-da/view?usp=sharing"><u><b>here</b></u></a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhR2GR2K9JUaRO5l1rDZw6PIdt7AV1B0S-z-V2C-xE-B67asR_lWAZKDyHUD2aNnHLAx2VU_fPh7cyWDoTNUmWH7xU8XwiYDauRR5AQdlv8OjutETa1RJkTozEMgweT5RDUhfAnPmN2N_BjAY3h3SsHNFH0BJ-BQG5CDVvYbddDkOGGTuwZ66_zKl5g=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A tablet weaving turning sequence represented by a table with 16 rows, with white background squares showing forward turns and grey background squares showing backward turns" border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1920" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhR2GR2K9JUaRO5l1rDZw6PIdt7AV1B0S-z-V2C-xE-B67asR_lWAZKDyHUD2aNnHLAx2VU_fPh7cyWDoTNUmWH7xU8XwiYDauRR5AQdlv8OjutETa1RJkTozEMgweT5RDUhfAnPmN2N_BjAY3h3SsHNFH0BJ-BQG5CDVvYbddDkOGGTuwZ66_zKl5g=w559-h233" title="The fourth turning variation for A Study in Stripes" width="559" /></a></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">The text version of the fourth variation is a follows: </h4><p style="text-align: left;">turn all tablets forwards for 8 picks, then turn tablets 1 and 40 forwards and the remaining tablets backwards for 8 picks.</p><p style="text-align: left;">You can download the TDD file <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XYpxgQZZoaUK458zKJ2vGUa_87L_sNdN/view?usp=sharing"><u><b>here</b></u></a>.</p><i>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.</i>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-17466389546670436412022-01-03T15:47:00.004+00:002022-01-03T15:47:52.780+00:00New Year, New Tablet Weaving Draft Designer Features!<p>James has done some work on TDD over the Christmas and New Year period, squashing a few bugs and adding four new features.</p><p>At the bottom of the Controls section of the Control Panel, you will find a box labelled Lock Draft. If you click on it, it will prevent changes from being made in the draft. Click on it again to unlock the draft again. I'll be using this when I'm weaving from TDD and I don't want stray clicks altering the draft.</p><p>In the Display section, there's a box you can click to change the labelling of your tablets from clockwise to anti-clockwise. I always work with clockwise labelled tablets, but I know that some of you prefer it the other way round, so this will hopefully make TDD more useful to you. If you do change your labels in the draft, the change will also be reflected in its text description.</p><p>Also in the Display section, you will now find a button called Show Turning Diagram you can click to hide the turning diagram, so you'll be able to export a picture file of just the threading diagram if you want to. Handy for if you're ever working with a number of drafts that all use the same threading diagram, but different turning diagrams and you want to save a bit of space on the page by including the threading diagram separately.</p><p>In the Resets section, there is now a button you can press to change the Palette back to its default colours, without otherwise altering the draft. This is going to come in pretty handy when I'm working on a new design and I'm trying out combinations of colours for it.</p>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-74661781550945224152021-11-13T11:35:00.002+00:002021-11-13T11:35:46.499+00:00Tablet Weaving Diaries Video Playlist<p>I'm collecting my diary project videos into a playlist, which I'll be adding to as I go.</p><p><br /></p>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLMpxtuHGXic-zsT4P4KQ1d862_TsB2dFP" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-36972792343786361782021-11-07T20:27:00.000+00:002021-11-07T20:27:01.376+00:00Tablet Weaving Diaries<p>I'm embarking on a new band soon and I'm planning to document each step along the way with a short video. I'll be sharing the videos on YouTube and Instagram (I'm @tabletweaving over there) as well as here on my blog. </p><p>If you'd like to join me, the draft I will be using is the one below. It's a new botanical draft I just finished designing and I've named it Sweet Pea (my favourite flower). Interestingly, it uses motif lines in two different colours: green for the pea pods, leaves and stems and red for the flowers themselves.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELXtlqBQEUYx_PU4dL1hHotUD5QgFQPOIdbetVkLbR5ooA6-JdOUoTxyMVrmm4JWa3u3qrdhPxeRKMDVB4UEoSihP9tFVzEifiJjMRzTfYlYBX-cVmUySWnyy0KfRrKIe4VoHxsSXlS4/s1920/Sweet+Pea.jpg"><img alt="A tablet weaving draft for 38 tablets, formed by a grid with white or grey backgrounds to squares to describe turning directions and white, red or green ovals to represent threads" border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="1920" height="437" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELXtlqBQEUYx_PU4dL1hHotUD5QgFQPOIdbetVkLbR5ooA6-JdOUoTxyMVrmm4JWa3u3qrdhPxeRKMDVB4UEoSihP9tFVzEifiJjMRzTfYlYBX-cVmUySWnyy0KfRrKIe4VoHxsSXlS4/w562-h437/Sweet+Pea.jpg" title="The Sweet Pea draft" width="562" /></a></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">You can download the TDD file for this draft by <u><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DCOibUHO2PaIFllPc2H0WVgsuOWAd1dy/view?usp=sharing">clicking here</a></u>.</h4><h4 style="text-align: left;">The text version of the draft is as follows:</h4><h4><ul style="text-align: left;"><li data-i18n="textinstructions.threading">Threading:</li></ul></h4><ul><ol id="threadinginstructions"><li class="instruction">S threaded tablet<ol type="A"><li>Monza (#c60042)</li><li>Japanese Laurel (#009900)</li><li>Monza (#c60042)</li><li>Japanese Laurel (#009900)</li></ol></li><li class="instruction">Z threaded tablet<ol type="A"><li>Japanese Laurel (#009900)</li><li>Monza (#c60042)</li><li>Japanese Laurel (#009900)</li><li>Monza (#c60042)</li></ol></li><li class="instruction">S threaded tablet<ol type="A"><li>White (#ffffff)</li><li>White (#ffffff)</li><li>White (#ffffff)</li><li>White (#ffffff)</li></ol></li><li class="instruction">S threaded tablet<ol type="A"><li>White (#ffffff)</li><li>White 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class="instruction">7F 12B 12F 4B 3F</li><li class="instruction">7F 6B 6F 6B 6F 4B 3F</li><li class="instruction">7F 6B 6F 6B 6F 4B 3F</li><li class="instruction">3F 2B 2F 8B 4F 8B 4F 2B 5F</li><li class="instruction">3F 2B 2F 8B 4F 8B 4F 2B 5F</li><li class="instruction">5F 4B 6F 8B 10F 2B 3F</li><li class="instruction">5F 4B 6F 8B 10F 2B 3F</li><li class="instruction">3F 8B 4F 4B 4F 2B 4F 4B 5F</li><li class="instruction">3F 8B 4F 4B 4F 2B 4F 4B 5F</li><li class="instruction">11F 6B 8F 2B 2F 2B 2F 2B 3F</li><li class="instruction">11F 6B 8F 2B 2F 2B 2F 2B 3F</li><li class="instruction">3F 2B 6F 4B 12F 4B 7F</li><li class="instruction">3F 2B 6F 4B 12F 4B 7F</li><li class="instruction">3F 2B 2F 6B 2F 10B 2F 4B 7F</li><li class="instruction">3F 2B 2F 6B 2F 10B 2F 4B 7F</li><li class="instruction">7F 4B 4F 12B 2F 2B 2F 2B 3F</li><li class="instruction">7F 4B 4F 12B 2F 2B 2F 2B 3F</li><li class="instruction">3F 6B 2F 12B 15F</li><li class="instruction">3F 6B 2F 12B 15F</li><li class="instruction">3F 4B 4F 8B 4F 2B 8F 2B 3F</li><li class="instruction">3F 4B 4F 8B 4F 2B 8F 2B 3F</li><li class="instruction">3F 2B 2F 10B 8F 6B 7F</li><li class="instruction">3F 2B 2F 10B 8F 6B 7F</li></ol></ul>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-69569728996523545152021-11-07T17:21:00.000+00:002021-11-07T17:21:27.823+00:00The Drachenwald Arts Challenge AS 56: Nålbindning<p>I've wanted to learn nålbindning for a few years now, so when it was included in the <a href="https://drachenwaldartschallenge.wordpress.com/challenges/"><b>Drachenwald Arts Challenge</b></a>, I decided that now is as good a time as any. I get cold easily, so my goal was to make a pair of mittens and a pair of ankle warmers to wear at SCA events. It was a really interesting learning curve, as I learned to knit (but not purl, helpfully) and crochet before I started forming permanent memories, so I'm used to picking up yarn and it doing what I want without a lot of thinking. There was not a small amount of swearing before I got the hang of the hand movements required.</p><p>I'm using <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Nalbinding-What-World-Is-That-Ulrike-Cla%C3%9Fen-B%C3%BCttner/9783734779053"><b>Nalbinding: What in the World is That?</b></a> by Ulrike Claßen Büttner as my guide and working in the Oslo stitch, as it was the first on the list and appeared to be the simplest (I do plan to learn more stitches in the future). At first I started using some <a href="https://yarnsub.com/yarns/king_cole/merino_blend_chunky"><b>King Cole Merino Blend Chunky</b></a> (discontinued) left over from knitting a sweater a few years ago and after multiple false starts, managed to come up with a starting chain that I was pleased with and had reasonably even tension. </p><p>Next, I went back to the book and worked my way through the section on joining in the round and producing a tube. After that, I worked out how to do increases and decreases through trial and error and started on my first mitten. Being a veteran knitter and crocheter definitely helped here, as I worked increases for the thumb gusset about where I would have done in either of those techniques. I was reasonably pleased with the result, although I completely under estimated the amount of yarn required and didn't have enough for a second mitten. I also learned that my yarn choice wasn't great, as the fabric I produced is pretty loose and I doubt it would stop even a gentle breeze.</p><p>Next, to work further on building up muscle memory, I decided to make my ankle warmers. This time, I was making just a simple straight tube, without increases or decreases, and it went pretty well. I think the hardest part was trying to make the two of them in roughly the same size. I used almost all of an undyed skein of <a href="https://www.wyspinners.com/norwegian-wool?product_id=100"><b>West Yorkshire Spinners 100% Norwegian wool roving yarn</b></a> held double. I received it a few years ago as part of a natural dyeing kit, but never used it as I don't like the way that singles yarns behave when knitted, so I was pleased to find a use for it. I was much happier with the fabric, especially with how dense and warm it is.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqwZjAW6N5B1SP82o-bG6co_ESg1I35o1Pt5xZJPl2NbDKkXdCVI-X0ciKoxFN__lIeCzmwKJOeIilOI63gktK6i2lg6xs9S1lKyNymvZnw6kwAizlHX1Cgs3NeLZUgfFGnzQO7SsHgE/s2048/IMG_4312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Feet in brown medieval leather shoes, poking out from under a brown checked wool skirt, with white wool nalbinded tubes covering the ankles in between, photographed against a grassy background" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="521" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqwZjAW6N5B1SP82o-bG6co_ESg1I35o1Pt5xZJPl2NbDKkXdCVI-X0ciKoxFN__lIeCzmwKJOeIilOI63gktK6i2lg6xs9S1lKyNymvZnw6kwAizlHX1Cgs3NeLZUgfFGnzQO7SsHgE/w391-h521/IMG_4312.JPG" title="My ankle warmers in use" width="391" /></a></div><p>Having completed my ankle warmers, I turned my attention back to mittens. I dug around in my yarn stash and pulled out several balls of my very first handspun. It's 100% merino 2-ply, with one white ply and one green/teal ply, and varies between chunky and super chunky weight. One mitten is very definitely bigger than the other, so next time I plan to work the starting chain and join for working in the round for both mittens before I work the cuff of the first one, to help with consistency.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6OvbIEm5IA5dggzDlZ0YgUFlsnDxMi9b0AM1fv8kKGbhosLZ8XIrC1sPDWxlxIetMiCC5U6IT_vDQdNn_Cqtewbi1qXaNv-e3ZmT76LI-bbWivM653U7YifJ-44eeJMX0fQDlJzNW7c/s2048/IMG_4316.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A pair of nalbinded mittens, one worn on a hand, in yarn with flecks of teal and white, photographed against a brown checked fabric background" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="523" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6OvbIEm5IA5dggzDlZ0YgUFlsnDxMi9b0AM1fv8kKGbhosLZ8XIrC1sPDWxlxIetMiCC5U6IT_vDQdNn_Cqtewbi1qXaNv-e3ZmT76LI-bbWivM653U7YifJ-44eeJMX0fQDlJzNW7c/w393-h523/IMG_4316.JPG" title="My new mittens" width="393" /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466677079322182450.post-33767304540782859562021-10-31T18:37:00.003+00:002021-10-31T18:37:55.519+00:00Translating Tablet Weaving Draft Designer (TDD)<p>When you load Tablet Weaving Draft Designer, it checks what you have set as your primary language on your system and if it can, it will use that language. It currently only supports English and Japanese, defaulting to English if neither of those is your primary. Earlier this year, Riko122 kindly messaged us with the offer to write a Japanese translation of the TDD interface. If anyone else out there would be willing to help with translations into any more languages, we'd love to hear from you! <br /></p><p>You don't need to be a programmer to help with this, you just need to be familiar with the equivalent terms for the different TDD labels in the language that you're translating them into. If you message us the translated terms, we'll walk you through adding them to the code.</p>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11535392458422395354noreply@blogger.com5