2nd throw

The is enough warp left on the loom for a second throw. I replaced the narrow stripes with different ones attached to a shaft stick for easier warp advancement.

The shaft stick is attached to the frame with 2 strings. After advancing the warp, adjusting these 2 strings until an even tension is obtained is all it needs instead of adjusting every single stripe separately.

It looks quite different than the previous (70's) one.

Beautiful 70's

I finished weaving my first throw this morning. I am here twisting the fringes and must admit I like it a lot despite it's outdated colour scheme.

So the previously called ugly 70's colours turned into beautiful 70's and could not match any better in our living room. Am I plagued with bad taste? Please don't answer.

Ugly 70's or Autumn palette?

Some old second hand wool added up to my stash a good while ago and I need it to go. Call it ugly 70's or autumn palette if you wish but throwing it away is not an option. Maybe I secretely like this colour scheme I grew up in? Probably more an out-of-comfort-zone project.




Most of this two ply coarse wool it is dark brown and light pink, warped at 8 epi.




Creativity sometimes require adjustments... the two middle narrow stripes don't match and need to be replaced.




So does technique. A weighted warp offers decreasing resistance to an increasing pull while a fixed one offers an increasing (equal) resistance (well until it breaks). Combining both tension methods on the same project gives unequal tension. I had to think of something else and replace the weights with texsolv cord which allows fine tension adjustement on the modified sections and a constant behaviour when beating.




Why 8 shafts? to weave the first throw in broken twill and the second one in tabby. This project could be published in a magazine no? Well maybe, if this was 1972!




As usual, I had to build something: a temple wide enough for this loom.