Many Roads Lead to Rome
Weaving is something I enjoy. I am enthusiastic about this craft and like to share what I have picked up over the years, even though I am well aware I still have a great deal to learn. Ten years ago, I helped a friend begin her weaving journey and put together a tutorial on how to load a chained warp onto a plain beam. While I have refined my techniques over the years, I continue to do it basically the same way. To dust off the blog, I thought I would share the methods that work for me. The secret to dressing a loom without tears is preparing a good warp. The chain I used here was prepared on a Glimakra Warping Mill. I prefer to pull from cones using a cone stand. Handywoman on Etsy made me one that looks like this ages ago: While it holds thirteen cones, I generally pull four or five threads at a time. I have used a warping paddle in the past and pulled a dozen threads at a time, but I have found four or five gives me the greatest control and the mo...