
Two-Hole Andean Pebble Weave with Tablets |
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Pebble weave is traditionally a pick-up technique. The Dutch weaver Marijke van Epen, author of The Unknown Tablet Weaving and other books, analyzed the structure, and determined how to weave it with tablets. The usual corner holes are not used. Instead, holes are punched in the sides of the tablets. For the pattern, one hole is threaded with a light thread, and one with a dark thread. For each row of the pattern graph, each tablet is simply turned so that the color in the top of the shed matches light or dark as indicated in the graph. It is very easy to weave, and, if mistakes are made, very easy to unweave! The band is completely reversible, with the pattern on the back in the opposite colors. In this class, learn to make the warp (a variation on the continuous warp, since the tablets can't be flipped), how to read the graph and weave traditional Andean designs, and how to create your own designs. |
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