Greetings!
I have finally succeeded at tablet weaving after failing at it multiple times. This pleases me because I will be able to make a new apprentice belt. I need one that better matches my apron dresses than does my 12th-century Norman belt.
My first project is a test of pattern type and material. I saw a pattern that was all texture, modernly recreated with only one color. (See this blog post) It is created using cards with only two holes threaded instead of the usual four. It was my plan to make the actual belt using modern wool, so I'm working this project in a similar yarn.
1) My hands work better with the larger cards. I find it much easier to turn the cards when there is a greater distance from the hole to the edge of the card. These cards have about 3/4 of an inch from the center of the hole to the edge.
2) Modern yarn really s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-s. The tension doesn't seem to be even from one section of the loom to the other. It is tightest by the shed, though, so the weave is looking even at that point. We shall see.
3) I am using a pattern from Tablet-Woven Treasures: Archaeological Bands from the Finnish Iron Age by Maikki Karisto & Mervi Pasanen, found on page 121. In this book they talk about flipping the cards to alleviate the twist that results from only turning the cards forward (page 56). I have done this twice so far and I find it much easier than using fishing swivels and pushing the twist along the threads to the swivel to unwind them. Flipping the cards does create a slight variance in the pattern at that point, but if you are consistent with when you flip the cards, it looks like it is all part of the pattern.
I shall continue the band and keep you updated with my progress.
I will be less of a Newbie when next we meet.
~Marjorie
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