My very first warp is now passing through reed and heddles and it is a nightmare; sat too long, is tangled, is sticky wool thread, etc etc.
As I undo knots, inch by inch groups of ends, I think (some things not fit to share) about ways to avoid this happening in the future. At the moment all the thought threads seem to return to the concept of retain tension on an ordered group of threads.
Essentially I am questioning the process of using a warping board/mill, chaining, moving to the loom etc. What if the warp could stay on the board/mill and, remaining under tension, then be fed directly onto the loom. That is, the warp is wound as usual but once wound can be directly fed into reed, heddles and onto rear the apron. The warping board/mill becomes the means of keeping tension in the process of warping the loom, somehow releasing warp as required.
What I am asking for is a brainstorming session. Is this possible? Doable? How? No idea too crazy to consider, no nay-saying until all the ideas are on the table. Then logic and reality can have their essential place.
Ideas anyone??
Hakim