14. Block damask at the loom, part B
Basics Project #4: Block damask • 1h 37m
Topics include:
- Upper countermarch tie-up
- Extra headroom inside the loom
- Lower countermarch tie-up
- Tying up the treadles
- Jacking up loom for easier treadle tie up
- Checking and fixing a threading mistake
- Block damask weaving demo
- Repairing a broken warp thread properly
- Weaving final border
- Treadle mistake: cutting out weft
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15. Planning block damask
What this project will teach you:
- How to plan your block damask project, including calculating the amount of yarn needed
- How to document the project, creating a project sheet for your binderTopics include:
- What yarns will we use?
- What reed will we use?
- Describing the cloth
- Warp qu... -
16. Thursday drafting
What this project will teach you:
- How a profile draft represents the general shape and proportions of a project
- How profile drafts allow you to choose which weave structure you will useTopics include:
- Review: how to analyze the threading, treadling, and tie-up
- A challenge
- Profile d...
