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![This is the second part of the "cast-on" for finger knitting.](/images/RetrieveImage/23917/1 "This is the second part of the "cast-on" for finger knitting. - From: RuthMacGregor")
Finger-knit cast-on 2 From: RuthMacGregor |
![This is the first part of the "cast-on" for finger knitting.](/images/RetrieveImage/23916/1 "This is the first part of the "cast-on" for finger knitting. - From: RuthMacGregor")
Finger-knitting cast-on 1 From: RuthMacGregor |
Finger-knitting start From: RuthMacGregor |
Crackle weave draft From: RuthMacGregor |
Blue on brown fleece From: RuthMacGregor |
![This warp has been on the loom long enough to become a "dog": I can honestly say I haven't touched it in over a year!
And that, of course, means I deserve whatever I get! <G>](/images/RetrieveImage/23583/1 "This warp has been on the loom long enough to become a "dog": I can honestly say I haven't touched it in over a year!
And that, of course, means I deserve whatever I get! <G>
- From: RuthMacGregor")
Dog on the loom From: RuthMacGregor |
![These photos of old wool combs come from an excellent book by Dominique Cardon, "La Draperie au Moyen Age" (Paris: CNRS Editions, 1999).
Top: from Norway, 10th century A.D.
Middle: from](/images/RetrieveImage/23518/1 "These photos of old wool combs come from an excellent book by Dominique Cardon, "La Draperie au Moyen Age" (Paris: CNRS Editions, 1999).
Top: from Norway, 10th century A.D.
Middle: from - From: RuthMacGregor")
Ancient wool combs From: RuthMacGregor |
Tablet-woven belt From: RuthMacGregor |
Tablet threading From: RuthMacGregor |
Tablet warp lifter From: RuthMacGregor |
![This shows the "other" end of my current tablet weaving warp -- the end I'm weaving toward. The warp was originally wound around the post of the clamp, but I decided I'd rather have it in t](/images/RetrieveImage/23339/1 "This shows the "other" end of my current tablet weaving warp -- the end I'm weaving toward. The warp was originally wound around the post of the clamp, but I decided I'd rather have it in t - From: RuthMacGregor")
Tablet weaving far end From: RuthMacGregor |
![This shows the "starting" end of my current tablet weaving warp. It's simply hooked onto the clamp that serves as the end post. The chunky fabric woven into the start of the band is a head](/images/RetrieveImage/23338/1 "This shows the "starting" end of my current tablet weaving warp. It's simply hooked onto the clamp that serves as the end post. The chunky fabric woven into the start of the band is a head - From: RuthMacGregor")
Tablet weaving start From: RuthMacGregor |
Thick-and-thin twill From: RuthMacGregor |
![Here's a look at the tablet-woven band in-progress. The texture you see in this band (the little "V" shapes) is a result of the threading direction of the tablets (that's a subject for Tabl](/images/RetrieveImage/23329/1 "Here's a look at the tablet-woven band in-progress. The texture you see in this band (the little "V" shapes) is a result of the threading direction of the tablets (that's a subject for Tabl - From: RuthMacGregor")
Tablet weaving 101f From: RuthMacGregor |
Tablet weaving 101e From: RuthMacGregor |
![This photo shows the "backward" turn partway through, as viewed from the side. You can see how the warps shift positions in the shed as the tablets turn.](/images/RetrieveImage/23327/1 "This photo shows the "backward" turn partway through, as viewed from the side. You can see how the warps shift positions in the shed as the tablets turn.
- From: RuthMacGregor")
Tablet weaving 101d From: RuthMacGregor |
![This is the start of the "backward" turn in tablet weaving. You grasp the pack of tablets all together, then rotate them toward you. This view is as you'd see it, from your weaver's perspe](/images/RetrieveImage/23326/1 "This is the start of the "backward" turn in tablet weaving. You grasp the pack of tablets all together, then rotate them toward you. This view is as you'd see it, from your weaver's perspe - From: RuthMacGregor")
Tablet weaving 101c From: RuthMacGregor |
Tablet weaving 101b From: RuthMacGregor |
Tablet weaving 101a From: RuthMacGregor |
Tablet-woven ribbon From: RuthMacGregor |
Tea towel close-up From: RuthMacGregor |
Delft blue teatowel From: RuthMacGregor |
Weaving tablets From: RuthMacGregor |
Tea towel detail From: RuthMacGregor |
French spindles From: RuthMacGregor |
![Here's "La Belle au Bois Dormant", about to reach for the spindle and fulfill not one, but *two* fairies' prophecies.](/images/RetrieveImage/23137/1 "Here's "La Belle au Bois Dormant", about to reach for the spindle and fulfill not one, but *two* fairies' prophecies.
- From: RuthMacGregor")
Sleeping Beauty From: RuthMacGregor |
Wooden tablets From: RuthMacGregor |
Flax for fiber From: RuthMacGregor |
Flax plants From: RuthMacGregor |
Overlapping join 2 From: RuthMacGregor |
Overlapping join 1 From: RuthMacGregor |
Drive band tensioner From: RuthMacGregor |