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Warp messes and what I learned
My 13 yard warp for rep weave was a nightmare for several reasons. I didn’t wind it precisely and it looked like a sausage, which of course created tension problems. I was advised to rebeam and use more sticks , or paper. I chose sticks so I could see the alignment of the threads on the sides.
Also, Kelly Marshall in her excellent book Custom Woven Interiors had recommended winding with 4 threads at a time. Well. I used 2 different colors warping back to front and frankly, had a mess of threads needing to cross each other for threading. Incidentally, she advises when winding the same color over inches, to mix that color with another very close shade to give the flat color more vibrancy.
The good news is I wound the cotton with the spool laying on a spike parallel to the ground, so I didn’t add more twist in the winding, and it did make are a difference. Janet explained that to me.
My takeaways are to be very careful winding on the warp, use many more sticks, align the cotton at the sides, and to wind my warp with more than 1 thread only if the colors are the same. First wound warp and second rebeamed.
What messes taught you something?
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