Weaving: The Maiden Scarf
Here's what the CAD software thinks my design will look like.
Here's the weaving draft so I know how to set up the loom.
Warping reel with 3 sections on it.
Warping reel with three sections on it.
All six sections chained off and waiting to go on the loom.
Here's how the sections go on the beam.
Two sections beamed.
All six sections beamed.
Lease sticks holding the theads in order, ready to thread.
Treadling the threading means pegging up the threading.
Short section of dobby bars means adding a rod for weight and order.
Starting to thread.
Threading closeup.
Looks tangled, doesn't it? It's not.
See? Not tangled at all.
Heddles lined up straight and tidy.
Heddles lined up straight and tidy.
The big picture. How the threads get from the back to the front.
It's weaving!
See where the threads go?