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Guntram's Tabletweaving Thingy

Guntram's Tabletweaving Thingy is a guide for using the GTT software for tablet weaving, providing brief snippets of information rather than a comprehensive manual. It covers various design tools, card setup, and weaving actions for different pattern types, including threaded-in and double-faced patterns. The document also includes appendices with tutorials and tool references to assist users in navigating the software effectively.

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Guntram's Tabletweaving Thingy

Guntram's Tabletweaving Thingy is a guide for using the GTT software for tablet weaving, providing brief snippets of information rather than a comprehensive manual. It covers various design tools, card setup, and weaving actions for different pattern types, including threaded-in and double-faced patterns. The document also includes appendices with tutorials and tool references to assist users in navigating the software effectively.

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Guntram's Tabletweaving Thingy 1

Guntram's Tabletweaving Thingy

No, this is not really a manual; if I get the choice between coding and documentation the documentation suffers
terminally. So here are just some brief snippets of information that will hopefully provide sufficient help to get started.

Most of this document was generated using GTT v1.06, so there may be some differences if you are using another
version, especially regarding the various tool buttons. These have been shifted around radically in v1.11; a summary of
the tools can be found in Appendix C.

Contents

Card Labeling

Threaded-in Pattern Designer


Design Tools
Card Setup
Weaving Actions
Card Action Display

Double-Faced Pattern Designer


Design Tools
Card Setup
Design Area

3/1 Broken Twill Designer

The Font Designer


Design Tools
Letter Selection
Letter Properties
Letter Design

Lettered Bands
Font and Letter Selection
Band Generator
Design Area

The Weaving Image


Setting the Size Ratios

Palettes
Creating Palettes
Using Palettes

Printing a Pattern

Appendix A: Basic Tutorials


Creating a Simple Threaded-in Pattern

Appendix B: How To...


Idling cards in the threaded-in pattern designer
Turning Sequence: Showing backward turns as solid blocks
Turning Sequence: Showing turning direction as diagonal lines
Display a complete weaving chart
Reversing the Turning Sequence for Double-Face and Lettered Bands

Appendix C: Tool Quick-Reference

Last Update: 31/05/2002


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Card Labelling

Due to some early misinterpretations I am using a rather counter-intuitive method, with holes labelled in a counter-
clockwise direction:

A D

Unwoven section Woven section

B C

Some day I will correct that, but for now you are stuck with it.
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The Threaded-in Pattern Designer

Design Tools Weaving Image Card Action Display

Weaving Actions
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Threaded-in Pattern: Design Tools

The design tool panel shows the tools that for manipulating the current design. They can be used to
change colours by clicking on the weaving image, change turning directions etc. Note that the tools
only change the appearance of the design; they do not change its size. To add picks, use the Weaving
Action tools.

This area displays the pick and card under the cursor, as well as the topmost hole in that position.

This area has the colour manipulation options; see below for more details.

Tool Buttons

Set the pattern name.


Set up the number of cards, threading directions, and colours.
Save the pattern.
Displays the threading diagram; also has options for printing the diagram.
Prints the turning sequence for the pattern.
When this option is enabled, the colours in the pattern can be changed by clicking on the weaving image. See
the Colour Manipulation section below.
When this option is enabled, the turning direction of a card at any point in the pattern can be changed by
clicking on the weaving image. This option can only be used if the Weaving Actions are not enabled and if no
pack actions have been used. If packs have been used to create the pattern, the pack actions can be broken up -
see the Weaving Actions for details.
Shows or hides the Weaving Actions.

Colour Manipulation

This panel shows the currently selected colours and has various manipulation options. Once a primary
color (on the left) or a secondary colour (on the right) has been selected, the colours in the pattern can
be changed by simply clicking on the weaving image. Left-clicking will set the topmost hole of the
relevant card with the primary colour; right-clicking will set the hole with the secondary colour.

Swap the primary and secondary selected colours.


Swaps the primary and the secondary colours on the pattern.
Replaces the secondary colour on the pattern with the primary colour.
Replaces the primary colour on the pattern with the secondary colour.
Allows you to select a new palette with different colours.
Edit the colours of the selected palette.
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Threaded-in Pattern: Card Setup

Setting up the cards for a pattern is a straightforward process:


 Enter the number of cards you want to use in the edit box.
 Click on the tick mark next to the edit box; this will create the cards and show them in the list.
 Set the threading of the cards, either by clicking on one of the threading buttons or by clicking on each card
individually.
 Set the colour of each thread - see below for details.
 Click on the Accept button.

The card setup (including the number of cards) can be changed at any time; this will of course affect whatever pattern
has been created already.

Selecting and Moving Cards

If you want to set the colour or threading for only some of the cards, or move a card to a different position, select the
card (or cards) by clicking on its number, which will then appear highlighted in red. Any actions such as setting the
colours etc will now affect only the selected cards. To deselect a card, click again on its number.

Moves all selected cards to the left.


Moves all selected cards to the right.

Setting the Thread Colours

Before the thread colours can be set, a colour must be selected, and optionally a secondary colour can be selected as
well.
Click here to select the
primary colour.
Click on one of these buttons to set the colour
of the thread in all cards (or all selected cards,
Click here to select the if specific cards have been selected).
secondary colour.

The colour of a particular thread can also be set by clicking on the 'hole' in the list. Left-clicking will set the thread with
the primary colour; right-clicking will set the thread with the secondary selected colour.
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Setting the Card Threading

The threading for each card can be set by clicking on the letter S or Z below each card in the list. Alternatively, one of
the threading buttons can be used:

Set the threading of all cards (or all selected cards) to S-threaded.
Set the threading of all cards (or all selected cards) to Z-threaded.
Set the threading of all cards (or all selected cards) to alternate S- and Z- threaded.
Set the threading of all cards (or all selected cards) to alternate Z- and S- threaded.
Change the threading of all cards to the opposite.
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Threaded-in Pattern: Weaving Actions

This panel is used to create the


pattern by turning cards, either
individually or in packs.

The top section, showing each card,


is used to manipulate cards
individually; the bottom section,
showing a series of packs, is used to
manipulate the cards in groups.

Do a pick.
Do a pick in reverse, i.e. all cards marked for turning forwards are turned backwards and vice versa.
Undo the last pick.
Clear the pattern - i.e. delete all picks and start from scratch.
Show or hide the packs. Toggling this button will automatically change the Card Action Display to show
either individual cards or packs of cards.
Breaks up packs into individual card actions. If a pattern has been created using packs, it may be necessary to
do this if certain functions (egg changing turning directions using the Design Tools) are to be used. Note
however that once this has been done, the operation cannot be reversed, i.e. it is not possible to automatically
combine individual card actions into packs.
Set up the packs. This must be done before any pack actions can be performed.

Individual Card Actions

F and B indicate whether the card should be


turned forwards or backwards on the next pick.
Simply click on a letter to change the direction.

S and Z indicate the current threading direction


of each card. To twist a card about its vertical
The large circle shows the thread in the top hole
axis, click on the letter.
towards the fell side; the two smaller circles show the
two threads on either side of this hole.

Pack Actions

The Pack Actions work similarly to the individual card actions. Each column represents a pack, and F and B show the
turning direction for the next pick. To change the direction, just click on the letter. To twist a pack of cards, click in the
Twist row and a mark will appear. When the pick is created, all cards in the pack will be twisted, but note that the mark
will remain, thus on the next pick the cards will be twisted again.
A pack can be set to idle by clicking on the heading. The column will appear greyed out (Pack IV in the example
below), and no actions for that pick will be generated when the next pick is created.
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Threaded-in Pattern: Card Action Display

The Card Action Display shows all the picks and the actions performed on each card. If individual card actions are
being used, the display will show the turning direction for each card; if pack actions are used, the display will show the
directions for each pack.

In

either mode, one or more picks can be selected, and a


right-click will show a popup menu:

Repeat will cause the selected picks to be repeated in the order in which they were created.
! The order in which the picks have been selected determines the order in which they are repeated. Thus, if
picks 1, 3, 4, and 2 are selected in that order, they will be repeated like that, and the pattern will most likely
look quite different from what is expected.

Delete will delete the selected picks from the pattern.


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The Double-Faced Pattern Designer

Display Selection Design Area

Design Tools

Card Setup

Simple vs. Multi-Colour Doubleface

The designer for simple 2-colour doubleface patterns is virtually the same as the multi-colour designer. There are only
two real differences:
1. In the multi-colour designer, the Card Setup area at the bottom of the screen will show four colours for each card
instead of only two.
2. The simple designer will show the actual colours in the Design Area, whereas the multi-colour designer always
shows a black-and-white pattern. In both cases however the final appearance can be seen on the Real Image tab.

Display Selection
The two tabs can be used swap between the design interface and an image of the actual result. See section The
Weaving Image for details about the Real Image tab.
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Double-Faced Pattern: Design Tools

Set the pattern name.


Set the size of the pattern - i.e. number of cards and picks. Changing the
number of cards will automatically update the list of cards in the card setup
area.
Saves the pattern to a GTT file.
Prints the pattern and the turning sequence.
Selects the primary colour. This is used to set the colour of a thread in the
card setup.
Selects the secondary colour. This is used to set the colour of a thread in the
card setup.
Clicking this button will set the foreground colour of all cards with the
selected primary colour.
Clicking this button will set the background colour of all cards with the
selected secondary colour.
Enlarges the image.
Reduces the image.
Shows or hides the grid.
Sets the height:width ratio of the blocks in the display.
Imports an image from a monochrome bitmap.
Saves the design image to a jpeg file.
Prints the design image.
Shifts the design one block to the left.
Shifts the design one block to the right.
Shifts the design one block up.
Shifts the design one block down.
Toggles between horizontal and vertical orientation of the display.
Reverses the foreground and background colours.
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Double-Faced Pattern: Card Setup

Simple Doubleface (2 colours) Multi-colour Doubleface

Setting Thread Colours


The colours of all cards can be set by clicking on the or button in the Design Tools.
To set the colour of a specific thread, click on the hole in the card display. Left-clicking will set the colour to the
selected primary colour, and right-clicking will set the colour to the selected secondary colour.

Setting the Card Threading

The threading for each card can be set by clicking on the letter S or Z below each card in the list. Alternatively, one of
the threading buttons can be used:

Set the threading of all cards (or all selected cards) to S-threaded.
Set the threading of all cards (or all selected cards) to Z-threaded.
Set the threading of all cards (or all selected cards) to alternate S- and Z- threaded.
Set the threading of all cards (or all selected cards) to alternate Z- and S- threaded.
Change the threading of all cards to the opposite.
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Double-Faced Pattern: Design Area

The design area is very straightforward. By default, the pattern will be


filled with the background colour of each card. A few simple operations
can be performed here:
Left-clicking or right-clicking on a block will swap between the foreground
and the background colour.
Left-clicking and moving the mouse while holding down the button will set
all blocks to the foreground colour.
Right-clicking and moving the mouse while holding down the button will
set all blocks to the background colour.

An approximation of the actual woven appearance can be seen by changing


to the Real Image tab.
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The 3/1 Broken Twill Designer

The 3/1 Broken Twill designer is amost identical to the standard double-face designer, with the following differences:

Design Area and Tools

Instead of a simple grid, the blocks are arranged in the staggered pattern necessary for 3/1 broken twill design. This has
an impact on several of the tools:

Shifting the image only works properly if done two steps at a time. Shifting the image by one step results
in a mess!
Note that this shift problem depends on the orientation; if the pattern has been rotated to lie horizontally it
is the vertical shift that requires two steps.
The area selection is disabled completely due to the difficulty in selecting a 'rectangle'.
Mirroring an image may case the same problems as shifting it, depending on the axis and the orientation of
the design. If you end up with a mess instead of a pattern, click on the Realign button.
Mirroring an image will also mirror all the long float tags (see the additional tools below). However, since
the placement of these tags is directly related to the position of each card in the basic 4-card sequence, it is
unlikely that the tags will be in the correct position to create smooth colour boundaries after they have been
mirrored.
Realigns the pattern after it has been shifted or mirrored. Due to the offset between blocks, shifting a
pattern by an uneven number of steps can cause a misalignment. This button fixes the alignment (including
the long float tags).
If the pattern is shifted, then realigned, this has the effect of moving the image diagonally.

Additional Tools

Toggles the mode between setting the pattern and setting long floats. See below for more details.
Marks long floats on the pattern.
Clears all long floats.

Card Threading

Although the threading can be changed, it is advisable to stick with the standard method, ie threading all cards in the S
direction. At present GTT only supports the one-pack method (as described in The Techniques of Tabletweaving), and
colours are automatically assigned in the following sequence:

Hole Card
1 2 3 4
A P B B B
B P P B P
C B P P P
D B B P B

P = Pattern warp
B = Background warp
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Long Floats

The standard turning sequence for a card is FFBB (with different starting points). To achieve smooth colour boundaries
it is necessary to change the turning direction in the middle of a sequence, resulting in a long float. In GTT this can be
achieved almost painlessly by marking a block as having a long float. The pattern will be marked like this:

The normal turning sequence for the three blocks would be FFBBBB, but since the second block
has been marked with a long float tag, the turning sequence will be FFBFFF.

Turning directions before the second block has been Turning directions after the second block has been
marked: marked, showing the long float:

Colour Interchanges

Clicking on the Print Pattern button can generate two different types of turning sequence, depending on the option
selected in the File | Settings | 3/1 Broken Twill menu:

Change Turning Sequence Colour interchanges are accomplished by changing the turning sequence so that cards
are turned in the same direction for four successive picks. No cards need to be twisted.

Use Card Twists Colours are interchanged by twisting cards about the vertical axis. All cards are turned
in the standard sequence (ie FFBB, FBBF, BBFF, or BFFB), but note that long floats
will change the sequence.
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The Font Designer

Letter Properties

Design Tools

Letter Selection

Letter Design
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Font Designer: Design Tools

Sets the font properties. See below for details.


Saves the font.

Font Properties

This form is used to set the overall properties of the character set.

Name This is used simply for display purposes.


Letter Height This defines the height of all letters. Any existing letters are enlarged or truncated to fit the new
size, so care should be taken when changing this setting.
Note that since the letters are oriented along the warp, the height of the letter indicates the number
of cards required.
Default Width Determines the initial width of new letters. Changing this value does not affect any existing
letters.
Kerning This setting is used when a band is created using the Lettered Band option from the main menu.
This space is inserted automatically between all letters when the band is created.
Card Threading Defines the threading of all the cards.
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Font Designer: Letter Selection

Adds a new letter to the end of the list.


Deletes the selected letter.
Moves the letter up in the list.
Moves the letter down in the list.

The W column indicates the width of each letter.


Clicking on a letter automatically activates the letter designer.
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Font Designer: Letter Properties

Letter This is a short, preferably single-letter designator for the character. It is used when a lettered band is created.
Name This is a longer description of the character.
Width Defines the width of the letter. Changing the number has no effect until the button is pressed.
Displays or prints the turning sequence for the selected letter.

Font Designer: Letter Design

The Letter Design is almost the same as for a standard double-face pattern, the sole difference being that no colours
can be selected. See the Double-Face Pattern Designer for details.
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Lettered Bands

Font and Letter Selection Band Generator

Design Area
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Lettered Bands: Font and Letter Selection

This panel shows the font used for the band as well as all the letters in the font.
To add a letter to the band, simply double-click on it.

Select the font to use for the band. Changing the font will clear the band,
although any pattern generated in the design area will remain.

Lettered Bands: Band Generator

Move the selected letters to the left.


Move the selected letters to the right.
Erases the selected letters.
Clears all letters from the band.
Generates the double-face pattern for the letters. This will create an image in the Design Area which can then
be handled like a standard double-face pattern.
Saves the band layout to a file. The layout includes all the font details.

To select a particular letter, simply click on it - it will be outlined in red. To deselect the letter, click on it again.

Lettered Bands: Design Area

The design area is the same as for a normal double-face pattern, except that no colours or threading can be selected.

Prints the turning sequence to generate the band.


Saves the design as a standard double-face pattern. When the pattern is loaded, it will appear in the normal
double-face editor.
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The Weaving Image

This display will appear on several of the design


forms, notably the threaded-in pattern designer and the
double-faced pattern designer. It shows an
approximation of what the actual band will look like
once it has been woven. The tool buttons can be used
to change the display to show specific features like
direction reversal points, twist directions etc.

Tool Buttons

Enlarge the image.


Reduce the image.
Set the size ratios of warp and pick - see below for more details.
Toggle between horizontal and vertical orientation.
Toggle display between the 'real' image and a block image. The twining direction in each cell can only be
shown on a block image.
Show the twining direction. This option is only available if the image is shown in 'block' format.
Show or hide the grid.
Mark direction reversal points. This marks the display with a red dot (as in the example at top right) wherever a
change from forwards to backwards turning or vice versa occurs.
Show text tags. This option is best used if the image is fairly large (otherwise the text is too small to read) and
the actual colours are not shown. The tags represent the hole whose thread is uppermost in each cell.
Mark twisting points. This marks the display with a white dot wherever a card was twisted before it was turned.
Show or hide colours. This can be used to remove the actual warp colours from the display so that special
features (egg twining directions etc) can be seen better.
Save the image exactly as it appear on the screen to a jpeg file.
Print the image exactly as it appears on the screen.
Set the grid colour. If the warp uses dark colours, the default dark grey grid colour may not be sufficiently
distinguishable.

Setting the Size Ratios

In GTT, each cord is shown as a series of parallelograms since this is the closest simple
representation of the structure of a band. However, the actual appearance of the band End Height
will differ depending on the yarn used and on the thickness of the weft. This can be
simulated in GTT by setting the size ratios of the display. There are three factors that can Centre Height
be set, as shown in the diagram on the right.
End Height
Note that the End Height is counted twice. The numbers represent the ratios between
these factors; they can be fractions but should be 1 or greater. Number less than one will
give some very strange results!
By default, the Centre Height is set to zero, so that each cell will look something like Width
this:
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Palettes

For the sake of convenience only 16 colours are available when designing a pattern; it seems unlikely that a single band
will use more colours than that! These colours are arranged in a palette from which the current colour can be selected.
GTT automatically creates a default palette with some standard colours, but any number of additional palettes with
difference colours can be created.

Creating Palettes

Palettes can be edited or created via the Edit | Palettes menu option.

Double-clicking on the palette name, or clicking once on a palette and clicking on Edit will show the palette details (see
below). To change a particular palette colour, simply double-click on the colour box in the list and choose the new
colour.

Double-click on a colour box to change the colour.


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Using Palettes

Both the threaded-in pattern designer and the double-face pattern designer allow you to select colours from a palette
associated with the design. A new pattern automatically uses the Default palette, but a different palette can be selected
using the palette tool buttons.

Select a new palette. This also allows you to create an entirely new palette.
Edit the colours of the current palette. The pattern is automatically updated after the colours have been
changed.
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Printing a Pattern

This display is used for printing the turning sequence for both threaded-in and double-face patterns.

Card Numbering This option determines the direction in which cards are numbered when looking at the
pack from the woven to the unwoven end of the warp.
First Card The starting values used for numbering the cards. This can be used if the pattern
represents only a section of the band.
Show Individual Cards Shows or hides the columns for each card. This does not affect the printed information,
but does affect the details copied to the clipboard using the Clipboard button.
Print Image Determines whether the pattern image should be printed. If the box is checked, the
image will be printed exactly as it appears in the design form.

V1.09 New Functionality

This option displays a complete list of the position of each card at the start of every pick
in the sequence. The topmost holes of each card are shown, together with (optionally)
the threading direction. This is the actual direction in which the threads run at that point.
This display is intended mainly as a problem-fixing tool to check that the cards have been
turned or twisted correctly.
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Appendix A: Basic Tutorials

A1. Creating a Simple Threaded-in Pattern

1. Getting to the Design Form


a) From the main form, go to the Create | Threaded-in Pattern menu option, then select the number of holes per
card.

2. Setting up Cards
a) Click on Card Setup button.
b) In the Cards edit box, enter the number of cards you want to use, then click on the button. You will see a
list of the cards appear on the right.
c) Click on the circle to select a colour, then for each card click on the hole where the colour is threaded. To
quickly set the colour for all holes, click on one of the lettered buttons next to the colour circle.
d) Click on one of the threading buttons etc to set the threading for the cards, or alternatively click on the
S or Z below each card to change the threading direction.
e) Click on .

3. Turning the Cards

a) Click on the button to turn all cards forwards, or to turn all cards backwards.

4. Changing Turning Direction


a) To turn some cards backwards, click on the F in the card list for each card, and it will turn to a B.

b) Clicking on now turns those cards backwards, and the others forwards.

c) Clicking on will perform the reverse action, ie cards marked F will turn backwards and cards marked B will
turn forwards.

5. Using Packs
To simplify repeated forward/backward changes, card packs can be used:
a) Click on the button to set up the packs.
- Add as many packs as you need by clicking on .
- To change the name of a pack, click on the pack, then click again (not a double-click!).
- To add or remove a card to a pack, simply click in the relevant cell; a will mark the selected cards.
- Click on once you are finished setting up the packs.
b) Click on the button to show the list of packs.

c) As with individual cards, clicking on the F for a pack will change it to a B. Click on to turn the packs in the

direction shown, or on to turn them in the reverse direction.


d) To stop working with packs and work with individual cards again, click once more on .
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Appendix B: How To...

This section gives a few examples of how to use GTT to display patterns in some common ways and how to do other
useful operations.

B1. Idling Cards in the Threaded-in Pattern Designer

When working with individual cards

Simply click on the number of the card in the card list. The card will become idle until the number is clicked again.

Idling cards are highlighted


in red.

When working with packs

Click on the column header to idle all cards in the pack. The cards will idle until the column header is clicked again.

Idling packs are greyed out.

B2. Turning Sequence: Showing backward turns as solid blocks

Step 1: Go to the Settings menu, click on the Real Image Display tab, and under the
Show Turning Direction as option select White and Black Blocks.

Step 2: Load the pattern.


Step 3: Click on the Change between block vs real image button.
Step 4: Click on the Show turning direction button.
Step 5: Click on the Show or hide twining direction button.

Step 6: Optionally, since most patterns use squares instead of rectangles, click on
the Size Ratios button and set the width equal to the height.
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B3. Turning Sequence: Showing turning directions as diagonal lines

Step 1: Go to the Settings menu, click on the Real Image Display tab, and under the
Show Turning Direction as option select Diagonal Lines.

Step 2: Load the pattern.


Step 3: Click on the Change between block vs real image button.
Step 4: Click on the Show turning direction button.

Step 5: To show the lines on a simple grey background, click on the Show/hide
colours button.

Step 6: Optionally, since most patterns use squares instead of rectangles, click on
the Size Ratios button and set the width equal to the height.

B4. Displaying a Complete Weaving Chart

Step 1: Follow the steps in B3 or B4 to show the turning direction for the
pattern as either diagonal lines or as black and white blocks, whichever you
prefer.

Step 2: Click on the Show Card Twists button.

Step 3: Click on the Show Card Threading button. (Note that this is
not the same as the Threading Diagram button).

Step 4: Click on the Show Pick Tags button.


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B5. Reversing the Turning Sequence for Double-Face and Lettered Bands
When designing double-face patterns, the turning sequence is generated from the bottom up. Normally this should not
make a difference, but especially for lettered bands it may be confusing to weave the writing backwards. The pattern
generation works like this as a natural consequence of the way I personally weave, but may not be everyone's preferred
method.
An easy way of changing the order of the turning sequence is to use the mirror functions so that the 'first pick' becomes
the 'last pick':

Last Pick Last Pick

Step 1 Step 2 Result


Mirror Vertical Mirror Horizontal

First Pick
First Pick

Note that if only one of the mirror functions is used, the band will appear in mirror writing.
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Appendix C: Tool Quick-Reference

Tool Description Supported Tool Description Supported

Broken Twill

Broken Twill
Double-Face

Double-Face
Threaded-in

Threaded-in
Brocade

Brocade
Load Pattern X X X X Undo X X X X

Save Pattern X X X X Show Grid X X X X

Print Pattern X X X X Show Colours X

Pattern Properties X X X X Show Twining X X

Card Setup X Show Direction Reversals X

Set Pattern Size X X X Show Twists X

Threading Diagram X X X Show Long Floats X

Notes X X X X Show Idle Cards X

Show Card List X X X Show Tags X

Save Image X X X X Show Turning Direction X

Print Image X X X X Show Card Threading X

Copy Image to Clipboard X X X X Show Pick Tags X X X X

Capture Display Profile X X X X Set Grid Colour X X X X

Select Display Profile X X X X Shift Pattern Left X X X

Zoom In X X X X Shift Pattern Right X X X

Zoom Out X X X X Shift Pattern Up X X X

Set Size Ratios X X X X Shift Pattern Down X X X

Rotate Image X X X X Import Bitmap X X X

Show Reverse of Band X Mirror Vertical Axis X X X

Block vs Real Image X Mirror Horizontal Axis X X X

Basic Block Pattern * Realign Pattern X

Clear Pattern X X X X Select Area X X

* Supported in Multi-colour doubleface

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