This is the first in a series of video and photo tutorials showing basic to advanced tablet-weaving concepts. These lessons shall each build on the last and hopefully take the viewer from simple diamond patterns up to more complicated double face pattern weaving with finer yarns and eventually onto the heady heights of brocading and other fancy techniques (just as soon as I learn how to do them myself). In this first lesson we'll learn the basic weaving steps involved in weaving a diamond pattern in the backstrap style. This lesson is meant for someone who has purchased a ready-made warp from me. The next lesson shall detail how to design and make this warp oneself. And we begin This is the basic pattern we are making. The woven band is tied to my waist with another strap. I am holding a small stick shuttle in my right hand which contains the weft. In front of me are the cards, each card has 4 warp threads going through it. The gap that you can see is called the
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As it goes, we have a presentation tomorrow and that's why it's all tidy like that. That's not normal
Sorry I didn't reply to your message on my blog, I hardly visit it these days (lazy!). Thanks for your offer of the book lend, that would be great if you still have it. I sold some guitar straps for christmas, but have been working to finish this work course I'm doing so everything else has been put to one side for a while. I'm really excited to give back strap weaving a try, I'm in the mood to make something a bit bigger :).
Hope you're well!
Carrie xx