Category: measuring
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Designing the Afghan Warp
meter/counter set up for winding spools meter/counter with tensioner meter/counter with channeled wheel for measuring yarn Got the stripe sequence for the afghan warp designed and numbers crunched for how much yarn to wind onto the spools. I’m working with four different coloured stripes, one of which will be a varigated yarn that will get…
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The Games We Play
I confess that I am getting tired of this warp already. Part of that tiredness is due to the looming deadline for the dance skirts. I’d really hoped to be done this warp by now but I’m only just barely half way through. I’m tired of having to wind the pirns by hand, thereby needing…
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Measuring
One of the ways I earned my income as a production weaver was to weave yardage for a fashion designer. Since I billed per yard woven, I needed a fast and accurate way to measure the fabric, both on and off the loom. I found a meter – a very expensive one, I might add…
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On Noise…
Am steadily working my way through the red/blue warp. It is now officially more than half woven. 🙂 This is a shawl woven with 2/10 black Tencel in twill blocks. The ribbon you see pinned to the cloth is one of several I have in various lengths. Rather than use a tape measure, I bought…