Category: warping valet

  • Wallowing…and Getting OVER it!

    Wallowing…and Getting OVER it!

    The last three days have been challenging for a number of reasons, and I found myself wallowing in procrastination, not wanting to do anything. So I watched a lot of tv and knitted or worked on a jigsaw puzzle. 🙁 Finally late this afternoon I gave myself a smack upside my head and told myself…

  • Warp Flange Sticks

    Warp Flange Sticks

    I got these beauties in Sweden. They are great for longer warps – warps long enough that I don’t really have sufficient warp packing for. This warp is 11 meters long, and while I can eek out my bamboo blinds I decided to go with the flanges again. I’ve been beaming so many short warps…

  • A Little Help From My Friends

    A Little Help From My Friends

    This is a picture of Karena beaming an 11 yard warp by herself using a warping valet. The warp runs under the breast beam, then over a rod hung from the ceiling. This warp is two 2/8 cotton ends which will be threaded together through the heddles for place mats. The weft will be a…