Category: beaming
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Questions, Questions
beaming with a warping valet Once again I see questions about beaming warps. Can you get rid of the tangles? Can the job be done ‘differently’? You can’t really get ‘rid’ of tangles, but you can seriously reduce them. Can it be done ‘differently’? Yes, of course. And then the person shares their great…
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Questions, Questions
beaming with a warping valet Once again I see questions about beaming warps. Can you get rid of the tangles? Can the job be done ‘differently’? You can’t really get ‘rid’ of tangles, but you can seriously reduce them. Can it be done ‘differently’? Yes, of course. And then the person shares their great…
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Working Things Out
warping valet This morning someone asked me about back to front beaming. They tend to use front to back. I tend to not try and ‘defend’ my choices by explaining why I don’t like something else but do what I do instead, but the questioner seemed to sincerely want to know how I had…
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Small Steps
Yesterday I finished beaming the next warp. The warp has three ‘main’ colours – this emerald green, a turquoise blue and a rose (made up of two shades of rose/pink). Of the emerald green, these tubes are what is left from warping. I have a few more tubes with a little more yarn on them,…
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Under Tension
Over the years I’ve seen the debate on tensioning or not tensioning a warp during beaming. One view is that beaming with zero tension is ‘equal’ tension. Unfortunately while that may be correct, it is not particularly helpful in many instances. In my observations, beaming with zero tension may work in a narrow range but…
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Warping Valet/Trapeze
There is a perception that in order to use a warping valet/trapeze you have to have a lot of room. I use one in large part because I have very little room. You can see in this photo that I have another loom in front of the Leclerc. There is – at best – three…
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PITA
It seems there is nothing like a group of weavers discussing how to dress a loom to create controversy! There are the front-to-back and then the back-to-front disciples. Both are absolutely convinced – it seems – that their method is the best thing since sliced bread. When I learned how to weave we were taught…
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Many Ways
Making textiles. Many ways to do that. So long as you are getting the results you want, you’re doing it ‘right’. I’ve banged on and on about beaming under tension. Some people agree, some don’t. The above is a photo of a warp being beamed in a mill in England. This beam is an interim…
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Of Knots
“Never use a knot where a bow will do.” Laura-ism #1 I very quickly learned about tying knots and bows. Knots are good. Knots are secure. Knots can be damned hard to un-do. So I learned to not tie a knot unless I really needed to secure something for the duration of whatever it was…
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Just Do
I am having a much harder time than I had hoped getting back into the swing of studio things. Yesterday turned into a ‘people first’ kind of day although I did get my cheque book balanced and some bills paid. But I ran out of energy by 4:30 so we had an early dinner and…