WARNING: THERE IS
STILL ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN THIS SERIES OF POSTS WHICH WILL ASSIST YOU IN GAINING KNOWLEDGE OF ANY SORT WHATSOEVER... BUT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO LAUGH, OR CRY.
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(Please excuse the mess.) So, next, the raddle; I got out my smaller, handmade (by moi) one, which is a little over meter long. That's ok, most of it can extend towards the wall. I'm weaving at 15 EPI, but wait, what is this, metric? That's good, 15 EPI is 6 EPcm, and because this warp is in two colors, this is easier. But wait, the gaps are slightly wider than a centimeter. Whoa!
WHO ON EARTH MAKES A RADDLE WITH NAILS EVERY HALF AN INCH?? That's 7.5 EP0.5I. What I want is 30 ends every 2 inches, so..... 6-8-8-8. Gooooooodness-me.
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This table loom has two warp beams; something Ronette urges me to use to extend my weaving repertoire. In this instance, though, because my cashmere is gently spun and I wanted a bit of distance between the heddles and the back beam, I took out the cords in the second warp beam, wound the warp over the back beam and around the second warp beam, then made a U-ie and on to the first warp beam below the back beam, to extend the "flat" part. Above, I've brought the cross to the back of the loom, ready to thread.
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But it was a little too dark to start threading, so I went looking for a reed. The reed which came with the loom is rusted in parts, and would chew up the cashmere quickly, so I looked for my short 5 DPI reed, remembered I didn't own one, knew the 15 DPI reed is in use, so found the 10 DPI reed. I can handle sleying 1-2-1-2.
4 comments:
Heee - I'm loving this series. Thanks for sharing.
Nice kitchen!
It wasn't that I tried, but somehow I managed to leave all the mess in the kitchen out of the picture. Yay!
It takes a special personality to remain so committed to your craft! I feel your exasperation!
Dana xx
Dana, stubborn, mad or some such, I'm sure. I like a good challenge.
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