Finished Length Unit
yards
Finished Width Unit
yards
Length Off Loom Unit
yards
Length on Loom Unit
yards
Notes
Have spent most of the day adding color to hundreds of yards of yarn I pulled off cones last night. This is the same yarn that is the off white neutral in the "white & grey" twill scarf. This will be an attempt to make a < wide > item ( 30-32 inches) still following Scottish ancestor`s clan colors. More additions to this posting as they progress or complete.
Update: In the past few days I have finally loaded the sectional warp beam, got heddles threaded and reed sleyed, tied to the cloth beam. Before I could finish the tieoff I encountered a problem of too many ends on the warp beam for the max width of my reed - I had to go back and take off a whole color band group so that stops this attempt to make a wide fabric. After I finally got to weaving up the sample I was still "fighting" the warp as it was not passing straight through the heddles and into the reed. I cut off the sample and decided to pull off all of the warp, reload it with a smaller end count (reduced the neutral). It is working fine although I still am having a little problem getting both selvedge edges to work right. Break time is over and this is posted - so its back to the loom and continue weaving.
Final note : I`ve finished. I had to quit a little sooner that anticipated as some "bands" of warp I retied on the beam were shorter than others - at any rate the finished length was 2 yards 8 inches (last photo - 2nd plaid). I plan to wet finish it tomorrow and hope it will be less scratchy and full up.
Last post: wet finish is done (last photo), did get a softer feel and did full. Colors dulled a bit - looks like it was made decades ago
Number of Shafts
4
Number of Treadles
6
Project Status
Finished
Sett Unit
epi
Width off Loom Unit
inches
Width on Loom Unit
inches
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