Digging into diagonals

Tablet weaving is particularly suited for diagonal designs because of the way that turning the tablets twists the warp threads together.

Two-color diagonal patterns are a great place to start.

 

Wooden loom with red and gold band in progress.

But what about three colors?

Three-color diagonal patterns being woven on hexagonal tablets.

And if you’ve got the hexagons out anyway, how about some double-face?

Blue band with rectangles in yellow and red.
Here’s the back side. 

Band with red and yellow stripes and some blue patches.

Isn’t that nifty?

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I’ve been doing stuff with string for quite some time, and describing it to others online since 1996 or so at Phiala’s String Page.

I also do some science and write some fiction.

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