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愛してるわ、ジョン君

Sunday was such a productive day for me on the loom, I thought I’d share it with all of you.

These are the steps I went through to get the custom scarf onto the loom on Sunday after I had wound the warp Saturday afternoon.  See that post here.

Step 1:  Pull the warp through the loom.  This colorful pile of yarn is how the warp looks when it is off the board and not yet on the loom.  To prevent tangling or yarn slipping out of place, choke ties are placed every 3 feet or so while it is still on the board.  You can see one here just hanging off the loom.

Step 2: Fill the raddle to spread the warp out on the back beam. I used a counting thread in between each section of 18 threads to facilitate this process and help keep track of how many threads were in the warp.

Step 3:  Wind on the warp using paper between the layers of yarn to ensure even tension. I’m using shipping paper here between the layers.  Thanks, Staples!

Step 4: Thread the heddles according to the pattern.  Check your work as you thread!

Step 5:  Sley the reed pulling the appropriate number of threads through each slot.  This is 18 threads per inch, so it was sleyed 1-2-1-2-1-2 to convert 12 slots per inch into 18 ends per inch (EPI).

Step 6:  Admire your work and check the cross to make sure the threads are straight and not crossed or transposed.  The cross is the X made during winding the warp to keep the threads in order.  On the loom, lease sticks are placed through the X in the yarn. You can see them about 1/3 of the way down from the top of the picture.

Step 7:  Tie onto the loom and ensure all of the threads have even tension.

Step 8:  Start weaving!  I wove 2 pattern repeats to spread the warp evenly on the loom and to confirm the pattern was correct in the heddles. Any issues in the pattern can still be fixed before proceeding.   

Once confirmed that it all looked good, I advanced the warp 12 inches to account for the fringe and began the actual weaving in black.

Now I am ready to weave two scarves on this warp.  One for my customer and another one for Etsy.  (I’ll use a secondary pattern for the Etsy one so that I don’t duplicate the custom scarf)  

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.  I’d love to hear from you.

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