Weaving with Small Appliances: Tablet Weaving

Tablet Weaving (often Card Weaving in the United States) is a weaving technique where tablets, also called 'cards', are used to create the shed the weft is passed through. The origins of this technique go back at least to the early Iron Age. The technique is limited to narrow work such as belts, straps, or garment trim. As the materials and tools are relatively cheap and easy-to-obtain, tablet weaving is popular with hobbyist weavers.

Originally published in the 1920s, this book provides an excellent introduction to the techniques of tablet weaving, and illustrates a variety of design patterns with some detailed instructions.

Contents Covered:

• Introduction
• How tablet weaving differs in principle from weaving on the board loom
• The tablets and the weaving stand
• The warp and how to make it
• Fixing the warp on the loom and mounting the tablets
• Threading the tablets
• Yarns suitable for use in tablet weaving
• Beginning to weave braid
• Ornamental weaving with tablets
• Designs of colored stripes
• Designs of checkers or dice patterns
• Designs of checkers mixed with plain vertical stripes
• Designs on Plate IV and the frontispiece explained by means of Plate V
• Diagonals and chevrons
• Reversing
• Index