My Handwoven Thoughts

With the exception of warping a loom sectionally, we are taught a heavy paper or slats of some kind must be wound along with the warp to insure an even tension throughout the weaving process. Picture wrapping thread around a tube. No matter how careful you are, the thread forms a hump in the middle of your tube. The thread travels farther when it winds around the center, built up section than it does on the edges. If you wound your warp around the beam without heavy paper or slats, some threads would fall off the edge of the pile on each end and those threads would be shorter than the threads in the middle of the warp. You can imagine the problems the shorter threads would cause as you tried to weave. (more…)

When I picked the theme for my blog, some time ago I really liked it. Yesterday it looked dull and drab to me so I am in the process of remodeling. Please bear with me as I look at new themes - I might go through a few changes before I really decide on the right color for my walls here. Your comments are welcome through out this process as always!

All my pictures disappeared - I’ll be tracking them down and putting them back where they belong.

UPDATE - Feb 18 I found the problem to my pictures was the fact I had found a setting to keep blogs from linking to pictures from my website. From the list of allowed sites I thought this one was good, but I was wrong. At least that was an easy fix, just had to add this url to the list and all the pictures came back.

My pretty theme with the sunset was causing problems, so I am now trying new ones. Remodeling takes a lot of time!!!

. . . do you need to start warping your loom? For each weaver (and project) answer is different. This fact was brought home to me dramatically this week.

I have always leaned toward long warps. I like putting on an all white warp and changing the tie-up and color as I go to create new patterns. I have taken the long warp to the extreme on the loom on which I weave the huck lace hand towels. The last warp I put on that loom was 125 yards long. This makes sense since the towels are production items for my website and Etsy shop. With that long of a warp I am always prepared to weave a towel to fill an order if my inventory is low on a particular color. (more…)