I am using 10/2 mercerised cotton for the warp and weft as our summers are very hot here in Australia.
I have put some notes down on my Ashford Floor Loom page about the project.
What I am wanting to document here is some helpful things that I have read recently about solo warping.
The actual article pdf is free to download and is called Warping the loom alone by Teresa Folts and David Mathieson. It is a revelation and is 48 pages long of the most helpful information I have come across. It just makes perfect sense to me.
Here is a little something about the solo warping using a door knob that we all have access to in our homes and some very strong cord called the tension cord.
You have to line your centre of your loom up with the door knob and the warp that is on the loom for it to be a success the article suggest. I admit I only found this article this morning after I struggled with this warp.
The photo below another tip given for threading the heddles. I call it organising yourself.
This is the back of my loom and the groups of 28 ends on my cross sticks.
This is the step that I found really helpful. Counting out the amount of heddles needed for those 28 ends and then slipping your warp that has 28 ends after those heddles, so you've only got a thin amount of heddles in between those warp ends and the cross stick. The article states that done in this way any threading errors will be confined to those 28 ends anywhere on the warp. It reduces those threading errors. I loved the article it is so helpful
This is looking from the back of the loom again. Notice only a few heddles to see around and once you have run out of heddles and ends you know you have done the threading right and you can move on to the next 28 ends.
Still at the back of the loom I tied my bundles into epi and they stay neatly out of the way until i need them.
I have yet to try the tension cord solo warping yet but i will definitely be trying it as I don't want anymore large object in my room and I can't see myself screwing anything to my ceiling such as a warping valet.
Hopefully if anyone other than myself is reading my blog this may help you solo warp as well.
Okay back to threading the heddles.
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