Ok y'all get a sort of precis of warping a rug loom tonight
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Next installation: finished loading the heddles and in the process of pulling the warp strands onto the comb before they get hooked to the warp apron.
@smellsofbikes ooo, are you gonna program it to render fractals?
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Next installation: finished loading the heddles and in the process of pulling the warp strands onto the comb before they get hooked to the warp apron.
Infeed and outfeed pictures of the warp hanks. Now it's time to start the simultaneous process of tensioning and wrapping the warp onto the outfeed spindle.
Btw last time I had the comb (whatever it's called) removed because that's where I sit pulling lines through the heddle as it's way easier on my back. -
@smellsofbikes ooo, are you gonna program it to render fractals?
@RueNahcMohr that would be so cool
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Infeed and outfeed pictures of the warp hanks. Now it's time to start the simultaneous process of tensioning and wrapping the warp onto the outfeed spindle.
Btw last time I had the comb (whatever it's called) removed because that's where I sit pulling lines through the heddle as it's way easier on my back.And here's the spindle apron all ready to go!
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And here's the spindle apron all ready to go!
Combing out the wriggly bits in the warp before starting to pull it through. This takes a lot of patience and is an ongoing task: pull a meter or so through, comb more, pull more through.
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Combing out the wriggly bits in the warp before starting to pull it through. This takes a lot of patience and is an ongoing task: pull a meter or so through, comb more, pull more through.
Oh hey heres a way better pic of the warp spindle comb and apron. You can see how everything works better
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Oh hey heres a way better pic of the warp spindle comb and apron. You can see how everything works better
This part is stressful: getting all the warp strings with similar tension as they're pulled through. On the warp beam, as we're pulling the warp through, I'm adding sticks between layers of warp so the layers don't tangle or stick together on the beam.
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This part is stressful: getting all the warp strings with similar tension as they're pulled through. On the warp beam, as we're pulling the warp through, I'm adding sticks between layers of warp so the layers don't tangle or stick together on the beam.
This is the warp beam with about 80% of the warp wrapped on it.
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This is the warp beam with about 80% of the warp wrapped on it.
in other words, it is a warp core !
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Ok y'all get a sort of precis of warping a rug loom tonight.
You set up a warping board, like a peg board. However big your blanket is going to be, divide it down into manageable hanks, like 20-50 warp strings per hank. You stretch each one in a z pattern on the warping board so they're all piled up but no strings cross. Then you pull all that off and loose weave it into a chain so you can pull the strands out but the whole hank doesn't tangle. -
@NilaJones we keep saying "if this thread doesn't discourage people from taking up weaving, NOTHING WILL!"
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@NilaJones @smellsofbikes @elana OH WOW, this is cool! But my brain hurts in trying to figure out how it all fits together.
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@NilaJones we keep saying "if this thread doesn't discourage people from taking up weaving, NOTHING WILL!"
Oh it has definitely discouraged me 😂
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@NilaJones @smellsofbikes @elana OH WOW, this is cool! But my brain hurts in trying to figure out how it all fits together.
@ai6yr @NilaJones yeah one of the overwhelming things about this is that while it's deterministic, there are SO MANY little steps to take and it's hard to tell which are important and which aren't until you've been through it and messed up a couple of times.
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@ai6yr @NilaJones yeah one of the overwhelming things about this is that while it's deterministic, there are SO MANY little steps to take and it's hard to tell which are important and which aren't until you've been through it and messed up a couple of times.
Just your thread has given me so much respect for the generations of people who always had a loom going, always weaving more fabric -- and still only had one new outfit a year or so
I knew it was work, but I didn't know it was this hard
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Just your thread has given me so much respect for the generations of people who always had a loom going, always weaving more fabric -- and still only had one new outfit a year or so
I knew it was work, but I didn't know it was this hard
@NilaJones @smellsofbikes it seems overwhelmingly involved!!! (cool, but it's clear I'd need to sit with someone to understand it better....)
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Just your thread has given me so much respect for the generations of people who always had a loom going, always weaving more fabric -- and still only had one new outfit a year or so
I knew it was work, but I didn't know it was this hard
@NilaJones @ai6yr Particularly that we're starting with a good high quality modern loom with lots of neato equipment on it, and a lot of instruction and high quality mostly machine spun yarn. If you were using a traditional navajo loom and hand spun yarn, it's significantly more difficult.
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Ok y'all get a sort of precis of warping a rug loom tonight.
You set up a warping board, like a peg board. However big your blanket is going to be, divide it down into manageable hanks, like 20-50 warp strings per hank. You stretch each one in a z pattern on the warping board so they're all piled up but no strings cross. Then you pull all that off and loose weave it into a chain so you can pull the strands out but the whole hank doesn't tangle.You really need a few more hobbies.
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You really need a few more hobbies.
@CptSuperlative oh you have no _idea_ and I'm well aware I need fewer hobbies
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Oh it has definitely discouraged me 😂
@NilaJones @smellsofbikes Just like my cycling blog, then.
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