Saturday, November 19, 2011

Warps and header bands

I found a way to wind the warp pairs for the warp weighted loom. YAY!

The chairs, back to back about 5 to 6 feet apart

I take two of my kitchen chairs, put them around 5 feet apart, and run the yarn through the hole in the top of the chair back. I wound it 4 times. I'm making warp pairs and the length I want is 10-ish feet, sort of. I don't have room to run 10 feet at once, let alone 20, so it's 5 feet: two down and back. Even that takes up most of the floor space in my kitchen.

I hear you wondering to yourself, "Why doesn't she just use a warping board?"
Answer: Because I haven't got one. I want a wooden one, but I don't want to cough up the money to buy the one I want. Besides, the wooden ones I've seen don't fold up. I think I would need to have one that can do that, even if I had the space.