Tablet Weaving and Ply-Splitting Books, Tools & Kits
Tablet Weaving and Ply-Splitting Books, Tools & Kits
This well-used tablet-woven band was sent to me from Tehran, Iran in May 2002. I am so excited to have a Bakhtiyari band at last. This one is wonderful for study purposes -- it is woven of heavy yarn, making it easy to see the individual threads, and it has many different designs.
The band is 3" wide and 296" long (24 feet, 8 inches). The central design area was woven using 15 tablets threaded with blue wool and natural cotton. The checkerboard designs at the beginning and end are warp twined, and the other designs are woven in the 3/1 broken twill. A few loops of cotton remain at one end, showing that the weaver made a continuous warp for this section of the band.
The warp-twined border consists of 9 tablets on each side. The innermost tablet on each side was threaded with white cotton. The remaining tablets were threaded with wool -- five with rust and/or green for a sawtooth design; two with rust, gold, and green to make a chevron; and a single tablet on each with dark blue.