Oh shit I found a behind the scenes pic of Anya wearing her belt, and the pattern is visible! Lfg

Time for another tablet weaving post This one is a 3/1 twill, like my Amleth belt, but the twilling on that one is harder to see so I wanted to make one that specifically displays this form of weave more. You can see the offset lines that make stark diagonals a lot better on this one.

The back is mirrored of course. I kinda wish I had swapped the black and white borders so that it would look like this on the front side, with the white triangle ending in the white border, makes it look more uniform and a bit nicer imo, but its fine.

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I really do wish we had a c/crafts or c/weaving or something. I suppose I could shove these into c/art but that community just feels like its got the wrong vibes. I might put some in c/paganism if I ever do a pattern with some religious significance. Ill try to remember to tag you when I post them in the mega tho.

Technically I suppose any sort of craft will count as “do it yourself” but c/DIY is more for home repair/fix it jobs than for artistic pieces. Id prefer something specifically more geared toward artistry

Thats not a bad idea. Even if they dont have the actual patterns themselves, if they have images of the belts or even the full costumes it would be enough for me to work backward from.

Im so happy with how it turned out lol. Figuring out a pattern by eye and then actually making it and having it work perfectly is such a satisfying process.

Thank you! Im super proud of it lol

Thanks! And yea c/art just feels like its for digital-art/paintings/etc, something like c/crafts for physical works would be nice

Thank you!

Thanks!

Thank you!

Yes to add onto what Sickos said, as you spin the cards the warp is threaded through, the threads spin around each other, and as you pass the weft through them it “locks” the twined threads into place. As they twist they make 45° lines which then line up with their neighbor threads on the rows before and after. You can make lines going straight in line with the warp by making them all the same color so the angle of the twist is not visible, but perpendicular lines are a bit trickier, so generally you’ll see a lot of 45° angular patterns, like zig zags, interconnected knots, diamonds that sort of thing. Generally you’ll have 4 threads per card, but you can do anything from 2 to 6 to get different types of pattern.

Heres a couple of diagrams showing how the twining works

As the diagrams show, the thread in the uppermost hole that passes over the weft as you turn it will show up on top, and the direction you turn the card determines the direction the threads will twist. when you reverse the direction of the cards the thread that was on top will pass over again with the opposite spin, creating a small “float” that does not twist except at the top and bottom where it’s anchored by the weft.

I fucking hate my boss. she tried to illegally cut everyone’s break today because we “only” worked 4 hours and she thought that she only legally had to give us one every 5 hours until I angrily, and correctly, showed her that the law says 4 hours. Beyond just outright breaking the law its fascinating to me to make literally all your workers angry so you can save 15 minutes worth of wages. 15 minutes! What does she gain by being so fucking stingy! Shes always doing this shit, she’ll literally spend all day watching for when people return from our breaks/lunches to count the exact minute they come back.

later she wrote me up for being late too often, which Im suuuure had absolutely nothing to do with me being angry she was literally breaking the law lmao. unfortunately the write up is technically justified so theres no way I could get her on retaliating but still.

It’s better to live than to be dead,

It’s the living man who has much.

I saw fire burn a rich man’s barn,

And he was dead outside the door.

The lame man rides,

The handless drives a herd,

The deaf man fights and wins;

To be blind is better than to be burned:

A corpse is of use to none.

My third eye is open. I can see the threads of fate twist and wind as the Nornir turn the terrible tablets of time.

Tablet weaving is a lot of fun, its just a lot of work setting up and learning the motions. But its definitely worth it imo

Thanks! I am following a specific design but I had to draft the pattern itself by eye to match it. Heres my other post with more info about the draft itself

Heres the pattern on twistedthreads if you want to try it yourself: https://twistedthreads.org/pattern/sTarWyNKTB3M8RBq5

Started my new pattern and oh boy this is perfect

Normally I dont show the back before its done but it looks so good