I needed something that would be around 8 ounces for this warp. 6 ounces was not enough to hold the bundles of 10 warp threads taut and under tension.
Some friends of mine found some very large washers about 4 inches wide. Two of them put together weigh around 8 ounces, maybe a bit more.
This is one pair of washers after I glued it together.
I used Glue dots in line form to glue them together.
You can see the line on the right side of the washer in the photo.
This is a glued weight. I'm wrapping it using brown florist's tape or stem wrap.
Here is the finished weight.
Two down, 34 more to go! :)
The one thing that concerns me is that the ends of the stem wrap don't stick very well. I wonder how they will hold up to a weeks' worth of clinking and friction. I may want to make yarn holders for them like I did for the clay ones, so that the yarn is not rubbing on the tape and getting sticky.
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