From
Warp
to Loom. Having wound the warp onto the board, and marked off each group of 20, the next step was taking it off in a way to make sure it could be put on the loom in the correct order. |
Producing the warp on the warping board is craft in itself. Not simply a matter of winding metres of wool yarn around pegs (nails in my first attempt) until you have the required length. There are several steps to winding the wool onto the warping board so that the correct lengths sit correctly, but there is the then no small matter of moving the warp from the warping board to the loom - a time consuming skill and progressively demanding skill. |
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Through
the raddle.... |
Dressing the
loom...
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And a little
'Tension'...
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Before fixing to the
warp beam...
...the warp was wound onto the warp beam over layers of brown paper. |
There is still a very long way to go from this stage before you will be able to 'beat' your first woven row. Some serious thinking and even a few headaches. Nothing is certain if you have no experience, don't know suppliers or others who can perhaps help when you get stuck. Playing the piano was never as simple as it looked! |