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BA-09. Blankets at the loom, part A
2h 6m
What this project will teach you:
- How to weave a wide warp
- How to achieve a soft beat
- How to work with double stranded weft
- How to twist the fringe in opposite directions
- How to achieve subtle shading throughout the cloth
Topics include:
- Setting up the loom and weaving
- Ball winding
- Warp winding
- First warp chain
- Tying the first warp chain with choke ties
- Winding the second blanket chain
- Second warp chain
- Preparing the warp for beaming
- Pre-sleying
- Preparing to beam and trapeze review
- Moving the lease sticks behind the reed
- Beaming the warp
- Tying beater back and cutting loop
- Threading
- Sleying the reed
- Tying on to the front tie bar