Archive for October, 2006

Keeping the Cross

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

Have you ever put off warping your loom when you are warping front to back because you don’t have time to sley the warp through the reed in one sitting? I have a very easy solution for the next time you find yourself in that situation. All you need are a couple of dowels (or pencils, knitting needles, shish kebab skewers or anything long and narrow) and a couple pieces of yarn.

Take your warp and place one of your sticks in each side of the cross. Lay the warp on the breast beam of your loom with the sticks running parallel to the beam. (more…)