Category: efficiency
-
The Efficient Weaver
These are the scarves I’ve woven since getting home Tuesday evening. I would have liked to see the pile a lot higher but I had several appointments (dentist/dr/etc) and other work that needed to be done (banking, skein winding, workshop prep – unpacking!) The truly amazing thing to me is that I’ve been off the…
-
Four Boxes
Someone emailed me today asking if the four box fly shuttle was really useful or if it was ‘overkill’ as her friends were advising her. 🙂 When I ordered the loom originally (1983) I ordered it with the double box fly shuttle. Over the years, I found the double box useful even though I didn’t…
-
Changing bobbins
This video clip shows how I change a bobbin and start a new thread. It is another clip from CD Weaver. Using the Leclerc shuttle, I flip the empty bobbin up with the index finger of my left hand, slip the full bobbin on, thread it through the hole, snap it into place and continue…
-
Next Towel Design
What this photo doesn’t show very well is the darker blue in the middle of the cloth. If you squint, you might just be able to make out the colour shift to the far right and left sides. When I say ‘darker’, the blue is pale so it isn’t very much darker than the white.…
-
Next Towel Design
What this photo doesn’t show very well is the darker blue in the middle of the cloth. If you squint, you might just be able to make out the colour shift to the far right and left sides. When I say ‘darker’, the blue is pale so it isn’t very much darker than the white.…
-
Opinions (boy, have I got ’em!)
Well, here ’tis – hopefully the last warp of my current ‘blue’ period. 🙂 And period is the operative word, as I’m really hoping this warp will put a period to the fine, fine linens. The very finest of the cottons are in this warp, and I’m left with 9 spools of a blue yarn…
-
Ergonomics = Efficiency
This is a photo showing how I catch the shuttle as it exits the shed. The point slips through my index and middle finger, and my thumb acts as a gentle brake on the bobbin so that it doesn’t over run and let off more weft than required. I catch and throw my shuttle this…
-
Red Warp Pattern
Managed to find some time late last night to work out a threading etc., for the red warp, fine tuned it and started threading this morning. Got it finished before I left for the demo and just now finished sleying the reed. I hope to start weaving yet tonight, but I’ll see how tired I…