Hi all,

I have a slightly warped reed. It's not too badly warped, and it still fits in the beater bar slots just fine. Will using it affect the weaving? The reed is 48" long and the piece I'm going to work on is only 12" wide.

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Tue, 03/29/2016 - 01:11

Queezle

Hi Steven,

I cannot directly answer your question, but I adopted some very old reeds.  These things are flimsy, and if I lean them up against the wall, they immediately adopt a serious bend.  However, when I put them into the slots on the beater bar, they seem to straighten out and do fine.

Does this mean yours will be fine?  I don't know, but maybe.

Good luck!

Tue, 03/29/2016 - 12:54

Artistry

Weavin Steven, while I would think the beater bar would straighten the reed to a certain extent, I could see the reed not hitting the fell evenly, which would throw off the angle of your weaving. I do not have experience in this, I'd try them out.

Cathie