Another tablet weave

 CAB completed here first weave.

She cheerfully confesses that the first set of vertical stripes were an accident, but nicely mirrored them at the end, so you'd never know.




She mentioned that her back was aching a bit. There are several ways of helping with this.  One is to anchor the weaving to a clamp on the table rather than your waist.  It gives you less control over the tension, but does mean you aren't looking down so much.

If the far end of the weaving is higher than your waist, even up to head height, this definitely helps as you don't have to bend over so much.  Also, consider ways of starting the actual weaving several inches away from your waist so that you don't have to look down so far. 

I'll do a future post on tablet weaving looms.  I haven't tried on yet, but I'm thinking about it. There are two main styles, neither is terribly expensive and both are fairly easy for anyone with a bit of woodworking skill to make themselves.

(I'm working on  a 'double-faced' tablet weave this week.  I'm trying to get past the initial  mistakes before I post anything about it.)