Cardweaving in public

[neotoma]

Yesterday, I demonstrated cardweaving (aka tabletweaving) at the Bethesda Public Library. My guild Potomac Craftsman, has a display at the library for the next few months, and every other Saturday, guild members will be demonstrating various skills in there in the afternoon.

	Cardweaving at the library January 28, 2006 -- I demonstrated cardweaving (tabletweaving) at the Bethesda Public Library, as part of an exhibit the Potomac Craftsmen Guild was presenting there.
	Throwing the Shuttle Using a small stick shuttle wrapped with green thread, I throw the weft yarn through the open shed of the cardweaving. To the left of my hands is the completed section of the band, to the right is the unwoven threads and the weaving cards. Behind my hand is a finished band, some wooden weaving cards, and a few books.
	Turning the Cards I turn the cards a quarter-turn to change the shed and advance the weaving. This was a simple two-light, two-dark pattern that produces stripes across the width of the band.
	Beating the Weft Using the stick shuttle -- which has a beveled edge -- I beat the weft down to form a tight fabric. Unfortunately, this picture was over-done due to the flash. You can see the C-clamp that the band is attached to in the left corner -- two C-clamps, some thread, a shuttle, weaving cards and a table are all you need to set up card-weaving.

Thanks to twistedchick for taking the photos.

Comments

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Anglo-Saxon loom management? Warp-weighted looms? Ugh. Give me a jack loom anytime, or even a counterbalanced one.

But ys, cardweaving is so *weird* if you've never seen it done before.

[leni-jess.livejournal.com]

Warp-weighted looms, yes. I even bought the booklet this house museum in um, Sussex? sold, and remained confuzzled. (The Weald and Kent Museum, I think. They had the archeological remains of loom and weights, and a speculative? repro of the whole set-up, and the booklet, and I still couldn't make sense of it.) You've used an Anglo-Saxon loom? Congratulations on your adaptability.

Embroidery's easier, that's nearer to two-dimensional! (Indeed, there was a stage in a history of art and architecture course when I was elected the resident 'expert' on embroidery by the highly-qualified lecturer who knew nothing of it and made no bones about it. You could tell embroidery was a tiny part of the curriculum! That was one of the best four years I ever spent in evening classes. Her teaching, not my derisory status.)