Category: temple
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Tips
Temples – 3 sizes There are many assumptions that people make and there is one I see repeatedly. “You use a temple to prevent draw in.” Yes, the temple prevents the warp from drawing in. But only during weaving and only if it is being used appropriately. The cloth will still lose dimensions (shrink)…
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Tips
Temples – 3 sizes There are many assumptions that people make and there is one I see repeatedly. “You use a temple to prevent draw in.” Yes, the temple prevents the warp from drawing in. But only during weaving and only if it is being used appropriately. The cloth will still lose dimensions (shrink)…
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Tips
Temples – 3 sizes There are many assumptions that people make and there is one I see repeatedly. “You use a temple to prevent draw in.” Yes, the temple prevents the warp from drawing in. But only during weaving and only if it is being used appropriately. The cloth will still lose dimensions (shrink)…
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Tips
Temples – 3 sizes There are many assumptions that people make and there is one I see repeatedly. “You use a temple to prevent draw in.” Yes, the temple prevents the warp from drawing in. But only during weaving and only if it is being used appropriately. The cloth will still lose dimensions (shrink)…
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Under Tension
There has been discussion on a weaving group about temples. Now most people know I’m all about efficiency and because weaving goes more slowly when using a temple some people express surprise that not only do I use them when I deem it necessary, I even have a variety of sizes that fit from…
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Short Month
Who ever made February the shortest month surely knew that they were doing A Good Thing! Our current cold snap is turning into a much longer ssssssnnnaaaapppp than one would hope, with cold temps forecast into the first week of March. Spring does not seem anywhere near round the corner! The days are much longer…
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Temple In Use
Thought I’d talk a bit about using the temple. Mentioned in my previous post that it is essential to use the temple on this warp. The reason is that the take up in the loom is such – especially on wider warps – that a soft spot will develop a few inches in from the…
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To Stretch or Not to Stretch
A temple in use Close up of temple ends – top and bottom There are several ‘hot buttons’ in the weaving world. Warping back to front vs front to back.Floating selvedgesUsing a temple No doubt there are more, but these three seem to crop up at regular intervals, are hotly debated – with no one…
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Square One (and Two)
Here is the end of square one and the beginning of square two. Yes, that’s a temple in the upper right corner. This yarn is stretchy, more akin to a knitting yarn than a weaving yarn, and as such the draw in begins to affect the selvedges creating issues. Less of a problem when I’m…
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Studio Assistance and Going Slow
As you know, I’m all about working as efficiently as possible. To that end I have invested in equipment that helps me work faster. This is my pirn winder. I love using weft yarns that allow me to wind pirns this way! So long as there are pirns in the carousel it will keep winding,…