Mystery Tablet Weaving Project step 2. A Little bit more work on the Cards

To keep your cards in order, and reduce the risk of accidents from passing toddlers, cats and helpful relatives just tidying things away, it pays to number them. That way, if anything goes wrong, you can put them back in the correct place. It’s also useful if you make a mistake during the weaving, because you can check the card order to see if that’s the cause of the problem. (When we get onto the actual weaving, feel free to show me a photo of anything that looks wrong, and I’ll help you fix it.)

Number the cards on both sides, starting with card 1. The same number goes on both sides of the card.

The card in the photo is my number 4. (It’s been used in a previous project, so it also has ABCD going clockwise around it. A lot of card weaving projects (although not this one) use the ABCD notation to control the pattern.)

Because this project only uses two colours, and also because I wanted to pick a pattern that was easy to do, but had interesting variations for those who want to play around a bit, I’ve used dark (black) and light (pink, because a white pen wouldn’t really show on a white card...)

Find any way you like to mark the top and bottom of the card with your dark and light colours. If the card is very shiny, you may need to use a sticky label. I cut up some address labels.

The colours on the card will make it MUCH easier to keep track of what you’re doing.