Hello there,
I'm so excited to be here! First of all, I'd like to introduce myself. I've been working at a textile mill doing design work for about a year. Up until I began, I had no experience with woven design. I got my degree in fine art, and had quite a bit of experience with various needlecrafts, but had never explored weaving. In some miraculous happening, I fell into my current job after graduation and have been flying by the seat of my pants ever since! I absolutely love it, and have been hungrily learning everything I can. My experience so far has been mostly with learning our computer programs. We weave bedspreads on large industrial Jaqcuard looms, so I have had little hand in the actual weaving process. At the end of 2015, my employer supplied me with a 4-harness table loom so that I could begin teaching myself from the ground up. I found the Handweaver's Guild of America's Excellence in Handweaving certification program, and have just embarked on that journey.
That being said, I've been in the "weaving soup" but haven't really learned the "recipe," if you know what I mean I'm hoping to be able to have a lot of fascinating and informative conversations with you all!
One thing that is still kind of hazy is the concept of setts. All of our bedspreads have a predetermined construction, and our huge looms are set up to weave them in large quantities without change, so I haven't had any experience with it yet. Does anyone have any good resources for me to study on the suject? I've played around on my loom with a straight draw plain weave and twill variations, but haven't gotten into making any calculations or official projects. I've just been using various scrap yarns from around the mill.
Thank you! Looking forward to meeting everyone!