I generate all of my drafts using TDD (
http://bazzalisk.org/tabletweave/). My husband, James, and I designed it as a way of generating tablet weaving drafts that match the notation style I've developed over the years. The style used in the book
Applesies and Fox Noses is very similar. A forward turn refers to turning the tablets forwards, towards the unwoven warp. A backward turn refers to turning the tablets backwards towards the woven band and the weaver. You can find more information about threading directions and warp alignments
here and turning directions
here.
I label my tablets clockwise and start every piece of weaving with the tablets in the home position (with the A and D holes uppermost). I make my tablets from scraps of mounting board from our local picture framers, using a ruler, pencil, craft knife/sharp scissors and an office hole punch. I prefer tablets that are 5 cm/2 inch squares as they fit comfortably in my hands and I can work with a large number at once if needed.
I have attempted to work from this style of pattern, using the Birka 6 pattern. I have trouble seeing the finished design in this pattern. It has a swirling S shape in my worked braid however I fail to recognise the same shape when I look at the pattern diagram. The result is that when I make an error I can’t actually find my place. There appears to be no correlation between work and diagram. I do understand the components of the diagram. It’s like standing in a wheat field, holding a road map.
ReplyDeleteI've generated a draft for Birka 6 based on the one that Elewys uses (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_IZd0oyZOKmd929Et_Z3P4o3Yv7lBdlg/view?usp=sharing), so if you download it and open it in TDD (http://bazzalisk.org/tabletweave/), you'll be able to change how it's displayed. I recommend turning off the grid and changing the backward turn saturation, maybe changing the colours used in the draft too. If you prefer to flip your tablets rather than turn them backward, you may want to set the backward turn saturation to 0.
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