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4) The cards form a gap, through which you will pass your weft. Use a thick cord or piece of fabric to begin your weaving; this will be removed later on. Pass it through, turn the cards forward, and pass back the other way. Repeat a few times until the warp threads have straightened out. Add a flat, rigid object, like a dowel, and turn the cards again.

5) Begin weaving. Leave the tail end of your weft long; pass the weft through, turn the cards forward, and beat. Pass the weft through the other way, and pass the tail of the weft across it (so that both pass through the gap in opposite directions). Turn forward and beat.

6) In order to get a single solid color in double-faced weaving, you need to turn the cards forward twice, then back twice. Since you've turned forward twice, now turn back, pass weft (and tail, if it still exists) through, and beat. Repeat. Once the tail is gone, simply continue with one piece of weft thread (this just weaves the end into the band, locking it in place).

7) Weave, alternating two forward turns and two back turns, until you're ready to begin your pattern. Finish with either two back or two forward turns.

8) Count out the cards into two decks: the cards that will remain your background color, and the cards that will be your pattern color for the first row. Pass weft through. Turn the background cards as you would normally, and turn the pattern cards the other direction. Beat. Pass weft through; turn again; beat.

9) You've woven the first row of your pattern. Continue in the same vein, always turning the background deck in the same ff/bb pattern and turning the pattern deck opposite.


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