Tablet Weaving
Tablet weaving is often called card weaving in the US, but “tablet weaving” has a wider acceptance.
Galleries and examples
- Silver brocaded band
- Leather bag with TW edging
- Tablet weaving pictures
- 3/1 twill pictures
- More pictures
Techniques
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Weaving 3/1 twill using the two-pack and one-pack methods (different ways of conceptualizing and creating the same structure, based on the idea that an S-threaded tablet turned forwards is equivalent to a Z-threaded tablet turned backwards).
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Because it is confusing for beginners, I have added more information on how to thread tablets.
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This tablet weaving theory page is a technical look at how exactly tablet weaving works, including S and Z threading and twists, threading the tablets in several colors, and the different structures possible, including twill and four-color floats (Snartemo).
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A simple four-color Snartemo pattern goes with the theory page.
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A Snartemo pattern worked step by step (in MS Excel format)
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My version of Hansen’s Snartemo pattern from the original Norwegian band (also in Excel format). (Note that this includes all the symbols of the original band.)
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Preliminary results from my study of two-hole tablet weaving.
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Essay and comprehensive diagrams of tablet woven structures.
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Tablet weaving presentation: My presentation from the 2009 Textilforum on tablet-woven structures.
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Tablet weaving research: Nifty things to look into further
Resources
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Peter Collingwood’s Techniques of Tablet Weaving has been reprinted. Errata for the second edition.
This is the ultimate tablet weaving book, but may not be a good choice for beginners. -
Nancy Spies is offering PDF of version of [Ecclesiastical Pomp and Aristocratic Circumstance: A Thousand Years of Brocaded Tabletwoven Bands](http://www.arelatestudio.com/books.html) as well as her other books.
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I highly encourage you to join TWIST.