I'm setting up my draw loom for an 8 shaft damask weave (first draw loom warp!)  I know the right side is down, but is there any want to set it up so the right side is up?   I know how to flip on a jack loom, etc., but I can't figure out if that's possible on this kind of a weave.   I'm thinking it isn't, but would love to be wrong.

Thanks,

 

Comments

Sat, 08/04/2012 - 17:39

kerstinfroberg

Maybe this sounds too flippant - but why not define the "up" side as "right" side? I mean - damask is totally reversible...

Sat, 08/04/2012 - 19:29

SallyE (not verified)

Because I'm doing a black warp, and I want that to be the background color and I plan to use several colors in the weft - sometimes different colors in the same pick, but I'd like to see what I'm doing while I do it.

Damask is only "reversable" if you are using the same colors in the warp and weft.

The only way I can figure out how to do it is to use the patten diagram to designate which patten shafts to LOWER, rather than which ones to raise.  That will work, right?  And it wouldn't be more work really except for that first pick when I'm pulling all of the shafts.  After that, it's a matter of lowering shafts rather than raising them.  Right?