[Regia-NA] Fw: [Regia] tablet weaving with singles (was Textile Questions answered - Long)

[Hazel Uzzell]

> Ędwen -Wynmerestow wrote:
> > I've read that if you try to use singles with a tablet loom, that they
> > will unspin themselves and that plied fibers where used in this way in
> > period. Is this correct?
>
> Hazel wrote:
> > Machine spun singles work OK on a tablet loom - I'm doing some at the
> > moment. As for plied fibres - machine plied do work - I haven't tried
> > hand plied. Anyone else know?
>
> Liz wrote:
> >Yes, I don't use single spun wool with tablets as it's unlikly to cope
with
> the tension and tablet movement.
>
> Can be done. Have used machine spun singles. As long as attention is paid
to
> the amount of twisting and untwisting being generated by the pattern of
your
> choice singles will not unspin. So far have found life too short to
produce
> sufficient drop spun singles for the purpose.
>
> A tablet weaver that used to be around known as 'Steve the weave'
regularly
> tablet wove with (his own?) hand spun singles. There are still some of his
> braids around amongst the Welsh.
>
> Cheers
>
> Kate