Category: efficiency
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KISS
warping valet – notice the lease sticks position – high up near the ceiling. Pull the lease sticks through the warp, not the warp through the lease sticks; sticky warp can be assisted by turning the leading lease stick to create a ‘shed’ to open the threads up and prevent them from sticking to…
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Oopsie!
This warp is fairly complex and I wasn’t feeling ‘well’ while I set up the loom and in spite of my being so very careful, I realized that I had made a threading error. Sigh. The mistake wasn’t all that obvious until I changed wefts and the contrast became enough that I was able…
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Cutting Losses
beam with one section ‘short’ of yarn through the washer/dryer, ready to be pressed, then hemmed and pressed again I beam warps onto the Megado sectionally and sometimes, things go ‘wrong’. So it was with this warp. One end was giving me grief and the section 4 in from the selvedge wound up needing me…
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Covid Challenges
My You Tube Channel Workshop via Handwoven (Long Thread Media) With the stay at home orders and businesses being closed, many people are experiencing hardship in terms of income. Events are being cancelled. People are disappointed that their long awaited chance to meet with others is being thwarted or that they can’t afford to purchase…
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Covid Challenges
My You Tube Channel Workshop via Handwoven (Long Thread Media) With the stay at home orders and businesses being closed, many people are experiencing hardship in terms of income. Events are being cancelled. People are disappointed that their long awaited chance to meet with others is being thwarted or that they can’t afford to purchase…
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Ergonomics
shuttle held ‘overhand’ sometimes referred to as The Claw shuttle held from below or under hand There are several ‘hot’ topics in the weaving world. They come round, regular as clockwork. People give their opinions. No minds are changed. So I offer this simply as information. Do with it as you will. When I started…
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A Little Knowledge
In English there are a couple of sayings that I think about at times: A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Or: I know just enough to be dangerous. When it comes to learning a new skill, there are levels of knowledge. When you don’t know what you don’t know, you don’t know that you…
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A Single Step
Progress. It’s ephemeral, at times. When working on a ‘big’ project, or even just living a life, each day can seem endless. Progress can seem incredibly slow. At times, not noticeable. When I was writing The Intentional Weaver, life interfered on numerous occasions. It seemed like I would never get it done. And every time…
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Light and Shadow
no supplemental light at the front of the loom supplemental light at the front of the loom Winter is here and we have been plagued with a series of really grey dreary days with heavy overcast. One of the things that becomes necessary during these kinds of days – or if you have to weave…
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Light and Shadow
no supplemental light at the front of the loom supplemental light at the front of the loom Winter is here and we have been plagued with a series of really grey dreary days with heavy overcast. One of the things that becomes necessary during these kinds of days – or if you have to weave…