Card Weavers' Patterns: Egyptian Diagonals

A class of patterns described in the literature as "Egyptian Diagonals" is particularly fascinating. Sources for patterns of this nature are the following books:

• "Byways in Handweaving" by Mary Meigs Atwater, Diagram No. 7, Page 17
• "Card Weaving" by Candace Crockett, Fig. 89 and 90, page 75.
• "The Techniques of Tablet Weaving" by Peter Collingwood, Plate 70, page 109

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#	Title	Icons	Description
1	Diagonals	Download pattern: ED	This pattern shows the basics of the Egyptian Diagonal.
2	Leaf	Download pattern: leaf	A golden leaf.
3	Diamonds	Download pattern: E3	Three Diamonds
4	Diamonds	Download pattern: Ediamond	Diamonds of a different shape
5	River	Download pattern: E2	This weaving was inspired by a pattern in "The Techniques of Tablet Weaving" by Peter Collingwood, 1996 (figure 88, page 106).
6	Snakes	Download pattern: 2snakes	The river turned out to be a snake. Photo
7	Spiral, Meander	Download: meander    Download: spiral	Peter Collingwood shows us how to weave these patterns ("The Techniques of Tablet Weaving", Fig. 89, page 107)
8	Spiral, Meander	Download pattern: spiralmeander	Meander and two spirals with different background.
9	Long Line	Download pattern: Eline	Two colors are used here for the light line
10	Knot	Download pattern: Eknot	This knot pattern is typically woven using other threadings, dark - light - light - light, or the missed hole technique.

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