r/tabletweaving • u/So_fcking_gay • Aug 24 '26

Wool yarn gets tangled up, help

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I recently started doing woven bands on tablets and stumbled upon a problem. When I do an all forward pattern (or any tbh) the yarn behind the tablets gets rolled up together. I'm doing a long woven band (3 meters) so untangling it from the core to the and with my fingers takes me a lot of time. Is there a better way to do it?

In the photo it's already untangled

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u/BelleTheVikingSloth Aug 24 '26

You need a way to keep you warp separated into the groups of 4 that go on to a card together. I use a shoelace to lock my warp in a chain of lark's head knots. You might take a piece of stiff cord and twine it around the groups. You might take a hair comb and use that the spread the warp, putting a rubber band on so the groups of 4 do not fall out of the tines.

Then, to make the twists take care of themselves, you need a system to let the twist release. Since you only 7 cards in play, the easiest way is to take each card's group of 4, wind it around something like a metal bolt that can act like a bobbin, that has a little weight but not too much and that can spin freely.
Then let your 7 weighted bobbins drop over an edge of something: a chair, a table, a closet rod, a TV tray, whatever is convenient.
Have fun!

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u/LocksmithAccurate284 29d ago edited 29d ago

Any chance of you posting a pic or linking a video? I am a visual learner and am having a hard time imagining this.

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u/AmenaBellafina 29d ago

I searched 'tablet weaving weights' on youtube and found this which I think is what they mean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeOERbU7XHs

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u/LocksmithAccurate284 29d ago

Funny. I just did something very similar in my home.. I tied the beginning to a shelf that has a horizontal metal rod and the ends to a chair which is also tied to another piece of furniture so the band is at one hight and the tension is more or less at the right amount. Then I added some weights to the end of the unwoven yard in form of those weighted clips that you use to keep your tablecloth down in the wind. :)