Today I’m putting a new warp on Frances. Using supersoft merino wool I want to explore weaving a tube for a snood. Getting the technical stuff right first and opting to stay with working Frances means that by the time I get to playing with colour and more expensive yarns I will hopefully have a better chance of weaving a presentable item or two.
So first the warp. With a big loom I have to put on a raddle to hold and separate the threads as I wind it onto the back beam. What is surprising me just now is that I have walked into 2015 with more patience and care and with s greater understanding of some of the processes.
They say you need have done 20,000 hours to become proficient at something and it feels like I might be half way! So I have a new system for this warp with the raddle up on the top of the loom, a cross stick before the raddle and now all the two warps spaced out ready for winding on, Phew.
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