Category: repair thread
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Fix
I know I’ve posted about this before but thought that it is time to revisit it because it is just so darned clever! First learned this from Kerstin Fro:berg… Although I try to remove knots from the yarn as I wind a warp, sometimes they aren’t obvious, or sometimes, as with this very textured yarn,…
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Looming ‘Disasters’
See the mistake? No? Well, neither did I until after I had woven 12 yards in two different weave structures. (Yellow line shows where I fixed the problem.) Even after fixing the sleying oopsie, the cloth doesn’t look a whole lot different. I am hoping it will remain just as invisible after wet finishing, which…
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Burling (inspecting and repairing)
when something can’t be fixed I mark it so I can cut around it a weft loop in the middle of the cloth: using a tapestry needle follow the route of the weft through the cloth cut the loop at the base of the needle and thread the loose end through the eye pull the…
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Burling (inspecting and repairing)
when something can’t be fixed I mark it so I can cut around it a weft loop in the middle of the cloth: using a tapestry needle follow the route of the weft through the cloth cut the loop at the base of the needle and thread the loose end through the eye pull the…
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Video Clip – Repair Thread
Well, I got the video editing software installed yesterday, with many thanks for the help from my webmaster. You know, the one who lives 500 miles away? The man is magic! 😉 So this morning I did a quick test video clip and was very pleased that the upgrade is almost identical to the way…
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Dealing with Distractions
Distractions are not good when it comes time to do things like thread a loom, even if it is a simple pattern. It only takes your mind to go wandering elsewhere while your body continues on automatic, and you have an ‘oopsie’. 🙁 Fortunately I’m weaving towels and cut lines come along at regular intervals,…
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Birthday
Yes, it’s that day. 🙂 And how better than to spend it weaving? The back of the loom is looking a little tatty as I ‘suffered’ a couple of broken ends. Using Kerstin’s suggestion of running the repair end alongside the broken one means I won’t have to do any needle weaving later. Anyone wh0…
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Broken
Bad things happen. Threads break. It’s especially annoying when they break during sectional beaming, because I don’t always notice right away. This is what happened here. I’d wound on several turns before I twigged a thread had broken. 🙁 What I do in this instance is re-thread the offending end through the tension box, loosely…