AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
SUCCESS! I finally figured out the stupid pattern with the stupid threading and the stupid twining direction. It only took me two months to get to this point, with another seven metres worth of warp ahead of me. I'd just about given up on it and was just ignoring my loom sitting in the corner gathering dust because I didn't really want to waste that much silk warp, but someone else on the internet had the same problem as I did and I just kept an eye on the thread until the right bit of information popped up that inspired me to try something different. In this case it was a threading diagram that was different to all the others. Each pair of tabletsacts as one, with the same threading direction and all four holes threaded between them. So tablet 1 is threaded A and C, tablet 2 is threaded B and D. THEN HERE'S THE CRUCIAL BIT! THE NEXT PAIR IS THE OPPOSITE! So tablet 3 is threaded B and D, and tablet 4 is threaded A and C. None of the other threading diagrams I saw were laid out this way. Anyway, here's the entirety of the last two month's tears and tantrums:
I figured out the threading thing, but the pattern didn't come out (also I lost track of some tablets so the end of the motif is a complete mess), so I flipped all the tablets and realised the pattern was coming out wrong AGAIN and I needed to flip all of the tablets back, so I did that again but swapped which tablets had the threads at the top and then it finally worked. Also I've gone back to my usual double face two pack method, but I've stacked some books underneath my packs to support them so they don't flip onto the diagonal. It's still really easy for cards to turn without me realising, no matter how careful I am but I'm so familiar with how they're all threaded now that I can fix it. I still refuse to do any unweaving though, so any mistakes are staying. The band is exactly 18mm wide, which is too narrow, but it's unlikely I'll get it finished before the end of the reign. I might just gift it to Their Majesties when it's done. and they can do whatever they want with it.
Anyway, I'm off to Anealan Championship tomorrow where I'm going to have a nice relaxing weekend with naps and drinks around the fire and lots of yummy foods. The weaving is not coming with me because I'm not moving it from my kitchen table. This is not a transportable pattern.
I figured out the threading thing, but the pattern didn't come out (also I lost track of some tablets so the end of the motif is a complete mess), so I flipped all the tablets and realised the pattern was coming out wrong AGAIN and I needed to flip all of the tablets back, so I did that again but swapped which tablets had the threads at the top and then it finally worked. Also I've gone back to my usual double face two pack method, but I've stacked some books underneath my packs to support them so they don't flip onto the diagonal. It's still really easy for cards to turn without me realising, no matter how careful I am but I'm so familiar with how they're all threaded now that I can fix it. I still refuse to do any unweaving though, so any mistakes are staying. The band is exactly 18mm wide, which is too narrow, but it's unlikely I'll get it finished before the end of the reign. I might just gift it to Their Majesties when it's done. and they can do whatever they want with it.
Anyway, I'm off to Anealan Championship tomorrow where I'm going to have a nice relaxing weekend with naps and drinks around the fire and lots of yummy foods. The weaving is not coming with me because I'm not moving it from my kitchen table. This is not a transportable pattern.
