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Image description: Drawing of a woman leaning on a low wall in front of greenery. Ine hand is raised to protect her dark eyes from the sun. She wears a dark long dress with extensive red cross stitching of traditional lines, squares and fowers and a white scarf covers part of her black, curly hair. Round golden earrings peak out from beween the curls.
The detail I like most is the hint of hair on her forarms, as it gives the picture a down-to-earth impression.
TABLET WEAVING INTRODUCTION
When i started i was going off of diagrams from old websites, and struggled a good bit. I hope this post will help you get started! Feel free to ask questions!
This video shows the very basics (not in english, but quite clear). This video explains how to read patterns before you start doing it backwards, mirrored and upside down (which is what i did!).
Basic tools; the beauty of tablet weaving is that you need minimal supplies to get started.
Cotton yarn (I use 8/4)
Cards (thin cardboard and a hole punch will do)
A chair or door handle, to tie the threads to
A belt, to tie the threads to yourself
A shuttle (you can start with a pencil, old credit card, ruler, your fingers,... i use a bone folder)
Variables to understand before trying to use a pattern
S/Z card slant or threading
The direction the cards face
Forward or backward turns
ABCD or DCBA
This video (mentioned above as well) explains these variables and how to read different patterns you will find. There is no universal way to write a tablet weaving pattern, resulting in different patterns directly opposing one another (& lots of frustration on my end </3).
General tips from me, a novice
Start with a thin band
Start with a simple pattern, where the cards all turn forward for the whole band, like this one
Then move to a pattern that alternates forward and backward turns, this one is simple but very pretty
After that, try a pattern that has you divide the cards into groups, like a ramshorn or dublin dragons
Be sure to use contrasting colours (in hue and/or tone). A black and white filter can help you here
Get some bag clips to prevent tangles (ikea!)
Always turn the edge cards in the same direction. This gives a neater end result. The edges can be the outer two cards, or a group that forms a decorative trim
Personally, i like looping the thread around a door handle instead of tying it, which makes untwisting threads very easy
You can eventually omit the written ABCD on the cards, but it is a good crutch to lean on when learning
I use some scrap wood with bolts that i tie to my belt, making it a little easier to manage tension and move the woven band along as i go
Finding patterns
I use pinterest for the most part. Twisted threads has many patterns, with a built-in program, but the search function is not great.
I made you four pinterest boards; for the sake of simplicity, the patterns are all GTT which means tablets face RIGHT, S/Z refers to the THREADING direction, use ABCD, forward turns the tablets AWAY from yourself (forwards = D over A)
Level one: all forward turns
Level two: alternating forward and backward
Level three: groups of tablets that turn differently
Level four: a fuckton of tablets with complex patterns
This video made me understand double-face weaving, this one is shorter and easier to follow. Double-face is a fun technique but i would reccommend getting good at following a regular pattern first.
My main mistake when i was starting out:
Whether the slant is S or Z, the cards should all face the same way. For some reason, I made the S-cards all face right and the Z-cards left. Simple, repetitive patterns will turn out fine but anything slightly more complex will be distorted, and you will be frustrated:
Your first few projects will likely be messy! Don't be too discouraged. Here's a couple of my firsts:
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Something like this would be so colossally helpful. I'm sick and tired of trying to research specific clothing from any given culture and being met with either racist stereotypical costumes worn by yt people or ai generated garbage nonsense, and trying to be hyper specific with searches yields fuck all. Like I generally just cannot trust the legitimacy of most search results at this point. It's extremely frustrating. If there are good resources for this then they're buried deep under all the other bullshit, and idk where to start looking.
>:)c
May I present to you, nationalclothing.org?
It doesn't have everything, but it's still my first source when researching traditional clothing from other cultures.
There's also this resource on historical fashion: Claire’s Historical Fashion Reference & Resources
another addition as far as physical media goes there is the encyclopedia of national dress (that i still need to buy myself bc this kind of thing is super important to my sort of fantasy designing) but yes i do agree i wish there was EVEN MORE documentation on this
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﴿وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ﴾ صدق الله [آل عمران: 200] "and be mindful of Allah, so you may be successful." [Qur'an 3: 200] 、 2024年7月12日 📷 #MoatazWasef
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Source: Moataz Wasef, photo taken in 12th July 2024
Image description: Photo of a wall ornament found in Al-Imam al-Shafi'i mosque with gold letters on dark blue background, stateing the quranic verse mentioned above.
Step-by-step tutorial on sewing a laptop bag.
How to make feathers from old jeans.
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Cut the shape of the feather out of the jeans fabric so that a seam is in the middle, were the feather stem is.
2.Pull the threads so that the fabric turns into feather strands.
3. You may use a comb to get read of loose threads.
4. Now you have your jeans feather.
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Image description: Embriodery on green fabric showing the word Slytherin sorounded by small items: vials with different colored liquids, a cauldron, a diary, a scull, different herbs, and a snake rolled up like a rope bundle.
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ehoneyreads says: Well, now I NEED to go paint some bricks to look like little books for my front garden. She illustrates with several photos of bricks that are painted and arranged as if they were books on a shelf. Some are stacked to towers, somes stand a bit inclined.
Learn how to turn your embroidery into an adhesive patch.
Tutorial on how to turn a small embroidery into a patch.
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Image Description: A eastern style dragon made out of dark beads, shimmering like oil. The dragon coils around a black orb (likely a big bead).
moonlightmeadows provides a very detailed step-by-step tutorial on youtube and also sells bead sets for the pattern and a pdf with the pattern on their website.
Streusel Schäfchen - Osterlämmchen aus Hefeteig mit Mandel-Vanille-Streusel sind perfekt für das Osterfrühstück oder einfach zum Kaffee.
Recipe for crumble shaped like sheep. While the recipe is suggested for easter brunch the motif is also perfect for Id al adha and Streusel (crumble) is such a german thing to have for tea time, so I can't wait to try it out.
Make a Cryptic Calendar With Some Basic Stuff!: Time plays a major role in our life. School sessions,meetings,gym schedule all are tracked i
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Ya Allah, this Dhul Hijjah, make worship feel light upon my heart. Let my soul find peace in prayer, sweetness in dhikr, and closeness to You in every act of ibadah. Do not let laziness, distraction, or weakness keep me away from You. آمين
Ameen.
Image description: Three knitted feather (grey, blue and green), that covers pencils to make them look like quills.
Simple LED Earrings (No Soldering): Super Simple LED Earrings (No Soldering) These are very simple earrings that consist only of a battery,
How to create illuminated earrings (they consist of a battery, an LED, and some type of illuminated material)
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Image description: Painting of a woman directly looking at the viewer while pulling a red scarf on her head. Warm lighting falls from above giving the fabric a warm glow. The woman wears black clothes with delicate golden lines and not-so-delicate application on her shoulder and chest and a golden headband under her hijab. The red scarf and the fabric on her sleeves that are holding it from aboce are decorated with silver lines further emphasizing the contrast in lighing above and below the fabric.
