Tablet weaving patterns for beginners

Hi there! My name is Emilia, and I am a passionate tablet weaver and heritage educator. About seven years ago, I took a leap of faith—I left my academic job and decided to make my living from weaving

Trying this delayed/scheduled auto-posting thingy so I don’t forget to post the new trim I finished! (Set for just after Pennsic end) The call for Pennsic largess went out recently and I figu…

Looking for a weaving technique you can take just about anywhere? Try tablet weaving!

As I stated before, there are two main purposes to this blog. 1) to document the woven bands I make and 2) so that hopefully readers will learn from my mistakes and have their lives made a bit easier. This post will try to hit on both points and specifically will focus on the double-faced tablet weaving technique. In my previous post, which was my first attempt at tablet weaving, a couple of very important lessons were learned: Twist is a big issue that must be dealt with, and there are ways…

Creating the books in the Easy Weaving Series is an ongoing project. Each book takes a long time to create and I spend many hours squeezing my creative juices to create the tablet weaving patterns …

I have spent six months learning tablet weaving and here are some tips that I want to share with beginners struggling with their first bands.

Tablet Weaving Patterns 1 - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or view presentation slides online. Open arrows (chevrons) all forward Greek Key all forward Closed arrows all forward. Reverse at regular intervals to create repeating pattern Square Snake ovals.

© Carolyn Priest-Dorman 2002-2003 A number of excellent instructional books are available for beginning tablet weavers. However, they don't all use the same words to mean the same things. Teachers of tablet weaving don't all learn from the same sources, either, so you can't avoid this problem simply by learning from gurus instead of books. It can be very frustrating to learn one set of technical vocabulary and then discover that another instructor or book uses a different set! Among the…

Card Woven Ukulele Strap: Card weaving (or tablet weaving) has been used to weave selvedges, tapes, belts, straps, and trim since at least 800 BC. I'm going to walk you through the steps to basic card weaving with a pattern to make a colorful diamond strap for a ukulele. I u…

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