Two-Hole Plain Weave and Warp Floats
Warp: Red, white, yellow and green silk (fibreholics) (original in wool) Weft: White silk (fibreholics) (original in linen) Pattern: St Maurice monestary, 8-10th century (Collingwood p. 156) Cards: 18 pattern + 2x2 border (2x3 in original). 2 holes per pattern card Width: 7mm (original 11mm) Length: 78cm This band is quite different to any I have done before. The pattern area is woven with 9 pairs of 2 tablets, each threaded in two holes. One tablet carries a red and a white warp thread, and the other a yellow and a green (note: these are the colours I used; discussion on the colours of the original below). The tablets are manipulated individually to form the pattern. The interesting point is that there is no warp twining: tablets "rock" from one colour to another but never complete a full rotation. In the pattern to the right, the coloured squares show the colour that is up. In the squares with the grey line through them, no colour...