A blog about tablet weaving and how to design your own belts.

Month: August 2023

2, 3 or 4 threads – What difference does it make?

This post is to (hopefully) clarify on how to play with missing threads, background and accompanying colours. All my motifs can be woven with these 4 variants of threading (with different results). Please give some feedback if it is not clear.

Case 1: Classical Sulawesi: One motif colour (red), one background colour (blue) and 2 threads with the accompanying colour (White).

Case 2: Sulawesi with 2 accompanying colours: motif colour (orange), one background colour (blue) and 2 threads with different accompanying colours (red and yellow). This is the example to the right. The left shows the threading, but has a variety of colours.

Case 3: One missing hole/3 threads Sulawesi: One motif colour (red), no background colour (empty hole = X) and 2 threads with the accompanying colour (yellow).

Case 4: 2 missing holes/2 threads Sulawesi or “Pebble weave”: One motif colour (orange), one background colour (brown) and the empty holes (X) where the accompanying colours should be.

I finally finished the silk belt.

The photos don’t do it justice, but the yellow really looks like gold. It is the longest weave I have done so far, over 3m. It was a custom piece for a good friend. Unfortunately we could not meet in person, since I have been down with Covid/flu/nasty cold for the last weeks.

Anyway some photos below (I added some designs to the design page for 24 cards.

I got a request for the dragon in the bottom right of the combined picture on top. I have 2 versions (as with many of my designs), one horizontal (as shown here) and one vertical. I added both below and to my 24 card designs page. Enjoy!

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