I'll still be threading the dobby loom. Yesterday evening I finished beaming the last of the 19 sections, put lease sticks through the crosses on each section, and suspended the lease sticks behind the heddles; this meant that I'd be ready to start threading in the morning:
As of quitting time, I had threaded approximately 300 warp ends (nearly half):
I always take my time when beaming, threading, and sleying, because from experience I know that not only are those the most error-prone tasks, they're the most critical to creating quality cloth. If I mess something up during this phase, it'll haunt me for the entire warp. So if I seem to be slow to accomplish these tasks, it's for a good reason - my sanity!
2 comments:
Amen to that! I always take those steps slow as well. Its such a delight to find there's no errors and you can weave with confidence.
Well, you can with your fancy smancy machine! Me with my old fashioned treadles, I have to make sure I hit them all in the right order!
:) Susan
And then there's brain blip - I grabbed the wrong reed today and now I have to completely re-sley my beige warp. :P~
Hope you have a great turn out for the open studio. I'll be at a craft fair at the U here. Keeping fingers crossed for good sales for everyone. :)
cheers,
Laura
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