i’m using a diamond twill for the bedrock: here it is wrapping up on the front beam: the warp has four colors: i’m using an extended herringbone twill + random warp for the water hazard. the orange cord you see below is used for the first few shots to spread out the warp (when you [...]
Posts Tagged ‘apron rod’
22 May
how to warp an earthy loom from front to back, abridged
1. tie the bouts you’ve measured to the front beam. 2. sley the reed. 3. thread your heddles: 4. as you’re threading your heddles, tie every ten ends with a knot: 5. tie your knotted ends to the back apron rod. 6. beam your warp (wind it up on the back beam). make sure you [...]
16 May
the end of grass no.1
i’m almost done with grassy strip no.1. the whole thing is woven in 2/2 twill with the randomly striped warp and lots of weft striping. here it is wound up on the front beam: below is the back apron rod. you can tell i’m pretty much done because this is the end of the warp, [...]
8 Mar
nothing more fun than warping a floor loom!
now, for the task i have to admit i’ve been slightly dreading: warping the loom. it’s not rocket science to warp a loom (did i ever mention i was on a short list to be in a nuclear engineer for the navy?). there are simple steps, and if you follow them one by one, with [...]
