I have a project coming up with about 350 total ends, cotolin at 24epi (table runner and placemats). The warp will be 9 yards long, I think. Have to see how the sample goes first.
I'm pretty sure I have a handle on warping back to front starting with a warp (or warps) taken off a warping board. So I could do that. After I make a higher capacity warping board.
However, my Norwood loom does have a sectional beam, and I have a (homemade) spool rack (I've never used it), as well as a tension box (I've never used that, either). I have an electric winder with a yardage counter, as well as a hand winder. There is also a way to count warp yardage as I wind it on to the beam (although I've never done that, either).
Both of my winders are designed to wind onto paper quills, not bobbins. I've always used quills for my three boat shuttles. Will paper quills work on a rack?
The sections on my beam are 2" wide. Which would be 48 ends. The spool rack I have has spaces for only 30 bobbins. I'd need 48 for 2" sections of warp. Or can one wind more than one warp per section of the beam? I could make a larger rack. See. Lots of questions!
Aside from the bobbin rack question, anything else I might need specific to sectional warping?
Thanks!