Another slippery slope...
Well, today was the day... you gotta love the Skully Gaffa tape !!!
... took me about 1/2 an hour to unpack it all and reassemble it.
The previous owner had left it all warped up for me, which was very kind!
The previous owner had left it all warped up for me, which was very kind!
It didn't look quite right though, so I unwound and undid things.
Seemed like a very good idea at the time :P
By the time I got to this point, my manshapes were home from school, so Thing 1 helped me tension it all up.
(I knew the thick brown paper that wrapped Beasts new cymbal would come in useful :p)
I'd also found a *brilliant* video on warping so I undid the 4 knots that were attatched to the cloth beam and retied the warp directly onto the front beam :)
(I knew the thick brown paper that wrapped Beasts new cymbal would come in useful :p)
I'd also found a *brilliant* video on warping so I undid the 4 knots that were attatched to the cloth beam and retied the warp directly onto the front beam :)
I was rather pleased with my progress, and so watched another fab video ...
At this point, I thought that the heddle was too fine for the chunky yarn, as when I was trying to weave, the warp threads were sticking together and I was unable to put the shuttle through without a lot of grrrrr-ing :P
I thought I was going to have to rewarp the whole thing (insert more grrrrr-ing) which I didn't want to do, I wanted to reuse the warp already in place.
But, thanks to a lot of wonderful advice from my friends, I had a break, cooked some tea and went back to it after.
Cranked up the tension a lot more, with the heddle in the *up* position (thanks Laura) and voila....
...and an hour and a few more stripes later...
There is no way in the world it is a perfect piece of fabric, but it's a start, and I am so happy that I understand the process. I knew it would be a steep learning curve, but it wasn't so steep I felt out of my depth at all.
And I wouldn't have got this far without the help of all my friends, as always :)
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