This is a long one, please bear with me.

I am weaving my first 4 shaft double weave project on my Julia loom and the sample looks okay but I am very concerned about the half of the warp I cannot see as I weave.  I had a minor disaster in the sample which I fixed.  I decided that the project I am working on is too important for me to get right so I am taking it off the Julia and moving it to my Glimakra Standard which is wide enough to weave in one piece rather than double weave.

On the Standard I am in the middle of 3-4 rugs.  I am finishing the current rug and still have over 8 yards of a striped warp with log cabin center on that loom which I want to preserve.  I want to tie the 7 yard warp from the Julia onto the rug warp but the Julia warp is 488 ends sett at 16 epi and the rug warp is 280 ends sett at 10 epi.

How do I do this?  Where do I tie the additional 100 ends?

I am planning on putting the lease sticks back in the Julia warp before I remove it from the loom.  Then, I thought I would put lease sticks in the rug warp, behind the heddles and tie on the 280 threads behind the reedand in front of the heddles since both are threaded in a straight draw and tie the additional 100 ends to the lease sticks then beam the Julia 7 yard warp.

What do you think?

Claudia, in need of help in outside sunny, beautiful DC

Comments

Wed, 09/04/2013 - 19:49

Joanne Hall

Hi Claudia,

Explain what the minor disaster is.  And, what are you weaving?  Is it a double width?  Did you put in a stick between the two layers?  Tell us more about the problem.  I have woven a double width blanket on Julia and I didn't get any skips.  Maybe there is a way to fix whatever problem you have.

Joanne

Wed, 09/04/2013 - 21:01

weaver-dyer (not verified)

Hi, Claudia--

I'm with you on not wanting to weave something in doubleweave when it can be woven using a single layer.  

If my math is correct, the doubleweave warp, when made into a single layer, is 30.5 inches wide.  The rug warp is 28" wide.  

You could figure out a sequence for tieing multiple ends to each end of the rug warp and then re-thread the heddles and reed for 30.5 inches.

Or, you could put lease sticks in the remaining rug warp and roll the rug warp including lease sticks onto the warp beam.  Take your warp from the Julia, place it on a rod, lash and tie the rod over the rug warp and work as if the rug warp isn't there. However, I would keep the width on the beam the same as the rug warp (28").  In any case you will need to re-thread and re-sley your warp to 16 epi and 30.5" wide.  Although making the warp wider in the reed than on the warp beam isn't recommended, it has been done.  

Janet 

 

 

Wed, 09/04/2013 - 21:18

Claudia Segal (not verified)

It's double width and I am too uncomfortable taking the chance since this is a commission for 5 completed yards of fabric.  I can fix simple skips but even with a mirror facing the bottom half, I missed that I had not woven the second layer at all until I had completed 2 inches.  It's all merc cotton.

Yes, it's 30.5" warp going onto a 28" warp.  

I like the idea of putting lease sticks in the rug warp and sleying the reed and threading the loom for the 30.5" warp and putting it on the back beam on top of the rug warp.  So, I would put lease stick in the Julia warp, remove the ends from the reed and heddles and tie them onto a rod or wooden stick long enough for the big loom.  Beam the Julia warp over the rug warp and thread and sley the reed?  That may be the safest route.  I was hoping against hope to avoid rethreading since it's such a huge challenge for me.  I know many folks here to much finer warps but 488 ends is pushing the limits for me visually.  Takes 2-3 days.

Thanks for helping me with this Janet and Joanne.

Claudia