(I don't know why that last post showed up twice.  Perhaps the exhibit is That Good.)

(cheap pen for scale)

So here's the other piece of tabletweaving I'm doing for HH Gwen's robes.  I like this stuff, even though it's INCREDIBLY SLOW when compared to other ways to embellish clothing.  And the silk is very fine, and now I understand why Maudey was interested in using No. 5 Japan thread rather than No. 7 – getting the thicker metal strand to bend precisely where you want it to is a bit tough.

Thus the silver blips in the back not being all the same size – I expect that would improve with more practice.

[vital statistics: Page 182, same book as the other piece, same silk only black.]

Maudey gave me a good correction that I used here:

See the silver blips on the selvedges of the left inch or so, and then they go around to the back?

This is accomplished by dropping the silver brocade thread through the stack of cards one card short of the end, so it just hangs out of the back, throwing the next pick of silk background thread, then pulling the silver up between cards and weaving its pick.  (Harder to say than to do.)  The pick/row of silk thread locks the loop into place so it doesn't unweave.  Pretty slick.

I now want to move onto calligraphed bands, which will of course need appropriate fonts…good thing I fooled around with calligraphy a bit last year.  This is going to be fun, as I get to change the font to be appropriate to the placetime of whoever I'm making for!

Melbrigda, I need a heraldic/scribish consult…