It must be that time of year. I caught the weaving bug.
I’m planning out an Anglo-Saxon undertunic for my husband, and I decided it’s time to do this right. I’m going to tablet weave some simple trim for the hems.
I haven’t done any serious tablet weaving since college, so I needed to refresh my skills and reacquaint myself with the glorious freeware program called Guntram’s Tabletweaving Thingy.
I’ve given a plug for GTT before, but seriously, this Guntram guy is an angel. With GTT, I save so much time and yarn and frustration by trying out different threading patterns and colors and weaving sequences before I warp anything.
For example, the bands below are a few of the possible designs I could weave with the exact same threaded tablets.
I prototyped each one virtually so my husband could pick out his favorite. (In case you’re wondering, he chose the center one.)
Now I’m ready to warp up.
Happy Weaving!
Ooo, awesome! That’s going to be way cool.
Thanks!