How to Read Tablet Weaving Patterns

[@janedeane7128]

Absolutely excellent! Thank you, you have clarified the swamp of information that appears to contradict itself

[@penelope8980]

Thank you!!! I have to refer to this video frequently when I'm confused. It's very helpful.

[@bernadmanny]

As a beginner this is a godsend, thank you for your effort.

[@laurieelliott9889]

This is the clearest explanation comparing the different pattern methods I've seen. Thank you.

[@impendinglooms]

Thanks! I was hoping it would be clear and not too confusing.

[@jayday1463]

I've been tablet weaving for a few years now. I find your explanations incredibly clear and helpful and a bit like dotting the i's and crossing the t's. Things fall into place and my knowledge and understanding has increased .immensely through watching this video just twice. Thank you so much.

[@impendinglooms]

Aw, thank you! I’m so glad it was helpful.

[@DMmakes]

I‘m just searching for info before I start with tablet weaving. And this was soooooo helpful!!! THANK YOU 🙏🏻

[@FrogPrincessKnits]

Wish I’d found this years ago! Thanks for putting in all this work!!

[@emily-mac]

Just starting out. This is super helpful! Thank you!!!

[@corgikat21]

This is an excellent video and I wish I found it months ago when I started tablet weaving. Well done!

[@chryslunsford73]

Thank you for such a detailed explanation of tablet weaving. ❤

[@lauraanderson9390]

You have cleared up so much for me in this video excellent explanation so clear an concise ❤

[@daivimata9526]

A much needed video. Thank you so much. 🙏

[@craig4320]

Great sense of humor!

[@rjrahardjo]

Thank you so much. Incredibly helpful!

[@impendinglooms]

You're very welcome!

[@earth2becky]

Wow! Such good information. Thank you!

[@angelteo2701]

Love your humour. You got a yes from me. 🤩

[@marvellousmrsmoller]

Wonderfully helpful, Thank you, thank you. Wish I could like this more than once. I have been looking for a very long time to discover how to chart my own patterns of images that will be recognisable when woven (ladybug, my logo), and seeing the GTT makes the finished image easier to see, I want now to learn how to then translate a drawn image into the tablet threading. Would you please do a video to help me see how an image with 4 colours on most lines (tablets) would be turned into a tablet weaving pattern...or point me toward somewhere that already shows how?

[@impendinglooms]

Drafting patterns is definitely on my list of videos to make in the future.

[@marvellousmrsmoller]

@@impendinglooms Thank you! My experiments so far tell me I need to invent some way of minimising long loops when working an area with lots of the same colour in succession.

[@Edwargh]

extremely helpful, thank you

[@vihmake]

If I am not mistaken The Tablet Weaving Draft Designer allows you to change z-lines into s-lines and vice versa (while designing your pattern you can choose if s and z are going to show the position of the tablet or the thread), and also to change DCBA to ABCD on threading diagrams. So it depends on the pattern's author.

[@impendinglooms]

Thank you for this info. I went to investigate, and yes you are correct. These are both toggles in the control panel that you can change, and at least the DCBA vs. ABCD order is a newer feature according to the site’s instructions. (It seems they had a major re-build in December 2022, I learned the site before then.) So I suppose my video applies to the default program settings. Perhaps an update or a note is in order. Thanks for bringing this to my attention!

[@artsymamanana]

Thank you, awesome videos!

[@kathyl6677]

The ovals change direction when the turnings change. Thought the slant has to do with S and Z. Surely, the cards don't change from S to Z, or vice versa, as well.

[@laurencegifford8788]

Thank you!❤

[@erukaseven]

I love your channel name.

[@nandoemanuel4063]

Thank you so much🎉😅❤

[@ozcansennil]

Excellent..thanks..and I wnat to ask about letter weaving.. how shall we start to weaving

[@impendinglooms]

I have a video planned for that soon. The technique I'll be showing is called double turn double faced, and it is the same technique Linda Hendrickson uses in her books.

[@nicolasalejandrocesari3057]

This is an excellent video. Thank you so much for your work. Also I have a question that maybe is not specific to the subject. I always use the GTT pattern, and I did a few years ago the same one you're showing on this video but I twist the cards. I don't remember if without twisting the cards I would have the same result but if it's not the case then the pattern is not showing you to twist the cards, right?

[@impendinglooms]

Some people and patterns flip the cards (so card slant / becomes \ ) instead of changing turn directions. This does the same thing of reversing the thread order and changing the twist direction. It’s just a different technique that does the same thing, and some weavers prefer it. If the pattern is not showing up, one of the most common mistakes is that the S Z or the \ / are mixed up. Flipping/twisting the cards can correct that easily in many patterns.

[@ncmagyar]

How do I read Linda Hendricksons patterns. They don't seem to have a threading key.

[@impendinglooms]

I’m planning a tutorial for the double turn double faced style of weaving she frequently uses. Thanks for the question! It made me realize I should show at least a couple different ways those patterns might be written. Linda Hendrickson has a PDF for sale on her website that goes into detail about her pattern instructions. I will need to get permission from her before sharing info about her copyrighted material. I may make a video tutorial on her method if she consents to it.

[@ncmagyar]

@@impendinglooms Awesome, thanks!

[@giulianamariafarina2]

Grazie molto interessante!

[@alinahavlishyna2389]

Lux