One of the reasons I bought the AVL was the cloth storage system in conjunction with the auto cloth advance.
Here is the first shawl on the warp. I tie on to the apron which is long enough to go from the back of the loom through to the front beam. The cloth is long enough that I can cut it from the apron….
…and remove the apron beam, inserting a new beam/roller with no apron….
…and tape the cloth to the storage roller. Notice I have folded the cloth back on itself so that the tape does not come into contact with the fringes. Ask me how I know to do this. :}
And here is the shawl now taped to the cloth storage roller. Once I’m done weaving the 18 yards I will remove this cloth on the roller, put it into the work table where I can inspect/repair and cut the shawls apart, ready for fringe twisting. Which I usually do on my dining room table so I can have the tv for distraction while I do that job.
Sorry the photos aren’t exactly in focus – it’s hard to get pics ‘under’ the loom as it were. 🙁