I had a go at inkle weaving last weekend, I've been intrigued for quite some time about this but have been too wrapped up with loom weaving to indulge. We had an inhouse workshop session at the guild, warping was never going to be an issue but when I'd browsed through weaving books the heddles had looked really fiddly and I think this was what had put me off. However I was shown an easy peasy method and I was off. I borrowed a loom from the guild and warped it up myself. It was a really simple pattern in just two colours as I didn't know what effect warping would have on the design as I'd had to leave the workshop before we looked at warping design so I just made something up. But it was a really good learning experience and something I could have a better look at. Inkle weaving is a warp faced textile, that is it's only the warp that shows not the weft.
As usual my left selvedge is better than my right, it's just a bit tricky gauging how tight to pull the weft.
I've had a go at tablet weaving before now and it would be good to do this again, but I found warping the cards a bit of a pain so need to see if there's an easier way, there's got to be.
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