Yesterday I knotted a new warp onto the loom, piggy-back-ing onto the previous piece. It becomes a tangled mess for awhile. Once all of the knots are tied, I can pull the yarn through the reed/beater, and things get much smoother. Here’s a photo of the back of the loom as I’m just starting to […]

  If I want to weave another piece with the same specs as the previous one, I can tie newly-measured yarn onto the old warp. It saves a lot of work, but I need to tie hundreds of knots. Sometimes it doesn’t feel like I’m saving myself much work. I do like the fact that the […]

  This piece is done, and it’s time to cut it off the loom. There are a couple of things to keep in mind: don’t let the fabric unravel, and keep the loom sleyed and threaded for the next warp. I’m leaving the last bit of this warp on the loom, so I can tie on a new one […]

  In late 2014, I automated my weaving slightly by adding a fly shuttle to one of my looms. This allows me to throw the shuttle with a rope system, rather than passing it back and forth between my hands. It’s much faster, and pleasantly athletic. It’s also very loud, so I now weave with […]

  I’ve woven a header from bundles of scrap yarn. (That’s the green and white mess at the bottom of the photo.) This spreads out the warp. Once the warp is relatively parallel, I start weaving with a contrasting yarn to check for threading errors. Once I’m satisfied with that, I weave in lines to guide […]

  Rolling 12 yards of cotton stripes from the front to the back of the loom. After this is done, I’ll tie the warp to the front apron and start to weave. Here’s the front of the loom: Below is a view of the back of the loom. Corrugated cardboard (and large sheets of paper, when I […]

  Sleying and threading cotton shawls today