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Tablet Weaving - Warp Twined Border
I'm getting questions from people starting on second projects - which is great!
A very common way of getting a neat edge on tablet weaving, especially when you're doing patterns with a lot of warp floats, is to do a warp-twined border.
Warp floats (basically a double length stitch) happen every time you change the direction that the cards are being turned and they can look messy when they occur along the edge.
A warp-twined border is two cards at each edge that end up making a v-shaped pattern down each edge. It's a nice strong edge and also helps reduce any tendency that some patterns have to twist the weaving. The border cards are usually threaded with four threads all of the same colour, so the border is plain without any colour changes.
A very common way of getting a neat edge on tablet weaving, especially when you're doing patterns with a lot of warp floats, is to do a warp-twined border.
Warp floats (basically a double length stitch) happen every time you change the direction that the cards are being turned and they can look messy when they occur along the edge.
A warp-twined border is two cards at each edge that end up making a v-shaped pattern down each edge. It's a nice strong edge and also helps reduce any tendency that some patterns have to twist the weaving. The border cards are usually threaded with four threads all of the same colour, so the border is plain without any colour changes.
If all your cards have the back of the cards facing left (for example), then you would flip a few so that you ended up with:
LRLLLLLLLLLRL
In other words, flip the card that is one in from the edge.
You'll need to keep the two edge cards on both sides separate from the main pack.
The trick is to slide the edge cards away from the rest of the pack by a couple of centimetres. Keep both pairs the same distance away from you, but parallel to each other.
Let's assume for the sake of argument that you're doing a pattern of diamonds (which was one of the last options I showed on the mystery tablet weave). Let's keep it a very simple pattern of four turns forward and four turns backwards. All the deck except the edge pairs will be turned as a block and the main deck will be turning in a 4 forward, 4 backwards pattern.
The edge cards will follow a different pattern. They do: "Turn forward until the warp threads are twisted enough to be a pain. Then turn backwards until the threads are twisted enough in the other direction to be a pain. Repeat."
So, a sequence of actions might be:
1. Turn main pack forwards, turn edge cards forward (I would keep them separate from the main pack even though they are currently turning in the same direction - it reduces mistakes.)
2. Main pack forward, edge cards forwards.
3. Main pack forward, edge cards forwards.
4. Main pack forward, edge cards forwards.
5. Main pack backwards, edge cards forwards. (this is why you keep the packs separate so that you don't forget and start turning the edge cards backwards with the rest - this is the voice of experience speaking here!)
6-8 same as 5.
The other advantage of a border is that you can make it the same colour as your weft, and thus the weft become invisible at the edges.
I hope that's clear, if not, happy to answer questions as always.
In other words, flip the card that is one in from the edge.
You'll need to keep the two edge cards on both sides separate from the main pack.
The trick is to slide the edge cards away from the rest of the pack by a couple of centimetres. Keep both pairs the same distance away from you, but parallel to each other.
Let's assume for the sake of argument that you're doing a pattern of diamonds (which was one of the last options I showed on the mystery tablet weave). Let's keep it a very simple pattern of four turns forward and four turns backwards. All the deck except the edge pairs will be turned as a block and the main deck will be turning in a 4 forward, 4 backwards pattern.
The edge cards will follow a different pattern. They do: "Turn forward until the warp threads are twisted enough to be a pain. Then turn backwards until the threads are twisted enough in the other direction to be a pain. Repeat."
So, a sequence of actions might be:
1. Turn main pack forwards, turn edge cards forward (I would keep them separate from the main pack even though they are currently turning in the same direction - it reduces mistakes.)
2. Main pack forward, edge cards forwards.
3. Main pack forward, edge cards forwards.
4. Main pack forward, edge cards forwards.
5. Main pack backwards, edge cards forwards. (this is why you keep the packs separate so that you don't forget and start turning the edge cards backwards with the rest - this is the voice of experience speaking here!)
6-8 same as 5.
The other advantage of a border is that you can make it the same colour as your weft, and thus the weft become invisible at the edges.
I hope that's clear, if not, happy to answer questions as always.
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If people ask to move onto more complex patterns, then you can have several separate blocks of cards and need to slid cards from one block to another as the pattern changes.
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