I've maybe discovered a #TabletWeaving pattern that can't be woven on my portable loom. Woven forward, it looks great! (See arrow at the bottom marking the end of the first correct forward pattern.) But several of the cards build up twist, and "everyone" says to just weave backwards or flip the cards. But regardless of whether I go backwards or flip, I get these funny little squiggles at the end of the pattern (see top arrow pointing at them).
Anyone know what's up? Maybe I've goofed?
Ok, Facebook #Tabletweaving group to the rescue -- someone pointed out that if I was reversing the turn on the tablets, I needed to weave the pattern backwards. So get to the end, and then mirror from the end back to the front rather than restarting at the front. Someone else really helpfully reminded me of Twisted Threads (https://twistedthreads.org), which would let me write out the whole pattern and its reverse, see what it will look like when woven, and check that it's twist neutral.
Also, Twisted Threads has an interactive weaving tool, which is really cool! Somehow I missed that, probably because most of the patterns I've been following have been relatively simple and I didn't need it.
This pattern is 32 lines of pattern, so it's pretty complicated. 64 if I do it forward and then backward to untwist... though it's possible I'd prefer to do 1-32 several times before shifting to 33-64 until I untwist.
@jonobie
I love Twisted Threads, do all of my patterns on there.
Glad you found your answer!
