hello!
i am brand new to weaving.i have just finished my first rag rug,and I'm pretty happy with it.
here is my issue:
When I am dressing the loom my warp gets very tangled. It is not actually in knots, mind you,it just looks like a jumbled mess because the yarn is sticking together.
i can smooth it out while someone else winds it on the warping beam, but it takes a lot of time, and I'm sure this is avoidable.
my problem may be that I can't seem to get the chaining of the warp process right. I seem to lock it in all the time, so when it comes time to dress the loom I have to unchain the whole length. Could this be the problem.
if so, could anyone offer me a "chaining for dummies" explanation? Sometimes it works ,and sometimes it doesn't,but I don't know what I'm doing differently when my chain locks in.
thanks!