Category: shuttle throwing
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Blue Towels
blue/grey towels on loom close up showing Wall of Troy and straight twill threadings A few posts ago Sharon commented on weaving being a whole body experience. This is something that new weavers don’t understand at first, especially if they have only woven on narrow warps. The wider the warp you have on the loom,…
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Throwing the Shuttle
I got started thinking today about how I throw the shuttle – what parts of my arm/hand actually get used. It seems to me that there is only a very little wrist flex once I get up to speed. That the motion comes initially from the shoulder, bringing the hand closer to the selvedge. Then…
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Another Weaving Clip
The age old question – do you beat on an open shed? closing shed? closed shed? I thought I beat on a closing shed until I really started thinking about what I was doing and observing what was actually happening. And then I began thinking that at the moment of impact, the shed was in…
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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…
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About Shuttles
With all the thinking I’ve been doing about ergonomics and efficiency, I thought I’d discuss a little bit about why I use the shuttles I weave with. Since I don’t want to be fighting with my equipment, I have chosen shuttles that have spindles that stand upright rather than being mounted with a spring that…
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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…
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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…