Designing Large Drafts for Tablet Weaving

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Tablet Weaving in Theory and Practice

3 жыл бұрын

Ever wondered how I design large drafts? In this video I walk you through the methods I use when I transfer a pencil sketch of a motif into a finished draft, then a woven band.
A written version of this tutorial is here: www.tabletweavingintheoryandpr...
The website I use to design my drafts (TDD) is here: bazzalisk.org/tabletweave/
For more information about tablet weaving, free drafts, and updates about changes to Tablet Weaving Draft Designer as we make them, please visit my blog: www.tabletweavingintheoryandpr...
I have written a number of books that use tablet weaving drafts made using Tablet Weaving Draft Designer. You can find details of each of them here: www.tabletweavingintheoryandpr...

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@jayday1463 6 ай бұрын

Oh wow, you must be a genius! This is way beyond me but nevertheless, I enjoyed watching it.

@tabletweavingintheoryandpr5238 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’m no genius, though, just obsessed with tablet weaving for 18 years and counting!

@chrissys6821 21 күн бұрын

I really love the design tool. I'm very much a beginner and learning as much as I can. I have one question when it comes to creating your own design, how do you know when a space should be a forward turn or a backward turn. I can't seem to figure that part out.

@tabletweavingintheoryandpr5238 9 күн бұрын

Sorry for the late reply! A dark background square is a backward turn and a white background square is a forward turn. You can change how dark the backward turns are using the "backward turn saturation" slider in the display section of the control panel. The red "reversal point" lines can also be used to show that a tablet is about to change turning direction.

@NikkiTheYarnGenie Жыл бұрын

This is amazing! I'm not sure I understood all of the steps, but I shall watch again and work it out :). What loom would you use to weave this motif? I am tablet weaving on an Ashford Ankle loom, and I don't think I can get 60 cards unless I have some very very thin thread. Do I need a different style of loom?

@tabletweavingintheoryandpr5238 Жыл бұрын

I do all my tablet weaving on an Ashford Inkle loom too. I use tablets that are about 0.5mm thick to make it easier to fit a lot of them on the loom at once and fine threads. I think I've gone over 90 tablets in the past. The full instructions for weaving the band in the video are in one of my books: www.blurb.co.uk/b/11338612-tablet-weaving-in-theory-and-practice-golden-diag

@NikkiTheYarnGenie Жыл бұрын

@@tabletweavingintheoryandpr5238 90 tablets makes my head spin! That is nearly 400 warp threads - do you tie them up in bundles to keep them on the loom? This way of weaving seems endlessly fascinating, thank you for putting your work out there.

@produrre Жыл бұрын

I've been trying to use it as well and there aren't enough instructions for me to figure out how to create a pattern in the grid. Possibly a video on using the program and showing which commands being used would be helpful.

@tabletweavingintheoryandpr5238 Жыл бұрын

I have a series on using each of the tools in Tablet Weaving Draft Designer that might help: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rtOBapmQ1sWtXX0.html