Resources to Get You Started with Penelope

Evanita W. Montalvo
Jul 31
2 min read

The Penelope band looms from the first shop update are arriving to their new homes. We've seen a lot of great commentary and questions on our Facebook Group and Discord Group so I thought I'd take the opportunity to go over some of the information that's been asked about.

Books and Resources

We've listed several books and other resources at the back of the manual. We also have a few additional ones so here is our complete list so far of recommended books.

Recommended Books

Card Weaving by Candace Crockett

Inventive Weaving on a Little Loom by Syne Mitchell

A Tablet Weaver’s Pattern Book by John Mullarkey

Tablet Woven Accents for Designer Fabrics by Inge Dam

Tablets at Work by Claudia Wollny

The Techniques of Tablet Weaving by Peter Collingwood

Twill 1+1 by Claudia Wollny

The Weaver’s Idea Book: Creative Cloth on a Rigid Heddle Loom by Jane Patrick

The Weaver’s Inkle Pattern Directory: 400 Warp-Faced Weaves by Anne Dixon

Recommended Resources

Videos

How to Use a Warping Board

Tablet Weaving for the Absolute Beginner

Pattern Software

http://twistedthreads.org/

https://www.carolingianrealm.info/PatternGenerator.php

Websites

http://malarkycrafts.com/

http://tabletweavers.org/

https://jumaka.com/2019/02/card-weaving/

https://littlelooms.com/

http://www.lindahendrickson.com/

Yarns

There has been a lot of chatter about what sort of yarns to use. You can use a wide variety of yarns from commercial weaving or knitting yarns and handspun as well as different types of fiber content from cotton, linen, silk, wool, etc. To figure out what you like to use for different purposes we highly recommend sampling. Here are some of our samples and what yarns were used.

Turned Krokbragd Sheep woven with Triangle Tablets (3 hole) in 8/4 cotton by Jenn Hendrix

Turned Krokbragd Sheep woven with Triangle Tablets (3 hole) 8/2 cotton

Standard 4 Hole Tablet weaving with 3/2 cotton. This produces a much thicker and wider band than 8/2 cotton or Cottolin.

Standard 4 Hole Tablet weaving with 8/2 Cottolin. This yarn is a bit sticky/grabby so turning the tablets isn't quite as smooth as 8/2 cotton.

Krokbragd Mug Rug woven with 2 fine heddles in 8/4 cotton and worsted wool by Jenn Hendrix

Interested in weaving shoelaces? We recommend Lizbeth Thread Size 40. The best place we've found for this is The Lace Museum which offers a wide array of colors and a buy 6 get 1 Free deal.