Hi Michael,
I am a new weaver and see from the macomber group that you are the GURU to all. I just bought a new to me 40” macomber 12 harness loom with a double back beam.
I am trying to put on a warp and seem to be making tons and tons of threading mistakes. I am threading f2b. Would you have any tips or tricks to help me? This warp is only 4 shafts for the ‘so simple towels’ from handwoven.
Thank you in advance
Lori
Lori,
Michael is going to post this to the group and hopefully some of the ftb weavers can help you out.
I have always warped back to front and find that soooo easy on the Macomber, because the front drops down very easily, and a short stool gets me at the perfect height to thread, sitting right in front of the heddles. I also don’t like having all that warp laying around before I can get it threaded. I beam it on and then only have a foot or so to deal with while I am threading. I am not trying to convert you, and I know each group has its advocates and thinks that is the only way, but sometimes it helps to try something out. If you are a new weaver, it may be that the loom you have would work better threading btf.
Some basic threading tips are all I can think of. It helps to count your pattern in units and pull over that many heddles. Then if you get to the end of the group and you are on the wrong heddle, you need to look for an error in that group, not the whole width.
Are you having problems keeping the pattern correct, or reaching the threads, or what?? Send me some more info and I will see what I can do.
Cheryl
PS. Michael wants to know if you are a member of a guild?. We can send you a list of Mass. guilds and you would have contacts and a support group to answer questions.