@iplaywithstring, as requested, more info!
It was a three day workshop called Zero to Sulawesi with Stacy Schlutsmeyer (@stacy_weaves on instagram). She is an excellent teacher! I highly recommend learning from her if you get the chance.
We wove one band per day, pictured in order from left to right. Day one was focused on understanding the basic mechanics of tablet weaving, given a threading setup.
Within that band, we learned to read patterns in "4x4", where instead of a classic chart which looks like this:
you use a chart which looks like this, where each cell represents 4 cards and 4 picks.
Then we learned how to do a continuous warp to set up for day two. Same threading, but only one pattern color this time.
On day 2 we did some more weaving and drafting of designs with the above threading, then we switched to coptic diamonds, which switches some card angle and position.
We played with drafting patterns with coptic diamonds for a while. This was a stepping stone to....
A Sulawesi threading chart looks like this:
And, instead of 4x4 blocks in the pattern drafts, you use 2x2- each block represents 2 cards and 2 picks.
It's a little complicated for me to get into here, but this system unlocks negative space in your design. With 4x4, each block would always show a line. In Sulawesi, if you do two forward picks and two backwards picks, you end up with a small diamond of either white or black, which ends up becoming the background pattern, and the other pattern color shows up when you diverge from 2 fwd/2 back.
If you want more info- take a class with Stacy, or check out Saga Wool Craft, another weaver who has some posts on Sulawesi.
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