I'm doing a cord with 5 tablets, similar to the wool cord described by Grace Crowfoot in her chapter on Narrow Wares from her Textiles and Clothing 1150-1450 book. Five tablets, 4-threaded, all \ orientation, turn 1/4 turn each time.
Fail #1 (very minor) -- I threaded them / instead of \. No big deal -- either flip the cards, turn them backwards at first, or spiral the weft the other direction.
Fail #2 -- I kept using the white weft thread, wondering if it would be hidden by the cord after it relaxed into a spiral. I have an answer now. No. Now, this could be interesting, a little glint of something contrast-y visible within the cord. But for this cord, it's not quite what I want.
Fail #3 -- I had to clamp the warp tight so it wouldn't slither. But it did slither. And either the clamp or the slithering broke several warp threads.
I give up.
I've done too much to unravel, so I'll probably cut off the already-woven length of cord and put it in my pile of samplers and learning pieces. I'll do something else with the surviving warp threads.
For the future -- match warp and weft more carefully, and maybe take a different approach to tensioning the cord.
Dunno if I'll add a photo later. I need to sulk for a while before deciding.
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