{"id":212,"date":"2013-06-17T17:34:58","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T22:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/17\/a-tale-of-two-looms\/"},"modified":"2013-06-17T17:34:58","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T22:34:58","slug":"a-tale-of-two-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.knitbot.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/17\/a-tale-of-two-looms\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tale of Two Looms…"},"content":{"rendered":"

The thing about weaving is that you kind of have to do it with some
\n regularity in order to get good at it.  Okay,  not exactly
\n unique to weaving, but I, for one, have been a little terrified of
\n the prospect of figuring out the warp for each project, deciding on
\n threading\/pattern, and the actual measuring of the warp, carting it
\n over to the loom, and getting the loom dressed.   It slows
\n me down — by months. <\/p>\n

To short-circuit some of that trauma,  I bought a
\n hand-painted warp kit at MDS&W 2012 — from Earth Guild.<\/a> 
\n Isn’t it pretty?  I finally got it on the baby wolf about 10
\n months after I bought it.  And by “onto”, I mean pretty much
\n that:  draped.  Not beamed on, threaded, or sleyed.<\/p>\n

\"warping<\/p>\n

The other thing about weaving is that you have to be in the same
\n place as your loom in order to do it.  Well, I suppose the same
\n is true for knitting, but needles tend to be a little more portable
\n than looms.   For me, it’s not enough that I can fold up
\n the Baby Wolf and put it in the back of an empty SUV.  I need
\n something that will fit in the back of an SUV that’s already loaded
\n with everything ELSE we need for a couple of months.<\/p>\n

So — this year at  MDS&W 2013, I bought another kit from
\n Earth Guild — this time, for a rigid heddle loom.  It’s
\n pretty, too!<\/p>\n

\"lump<\/p>\n

Oh, but that requires a rigid heddle loom, you say?  Well,
\n yes.  Schacht Flip 15″ fit the bill \ud83d\ude42  <\/p>\n

The Flip was delivered while I was away on a business trip (of
\n course).  Within 2 days of getting home, I had it open, set up,
\n and the warp was….<\/p>\n

\"rh<\/p>\n

On the loom.  Just like that.  Wheee!   
\n Here’s a closeup of the weaving — just plainweave, of course,
\n because I did not instantly dive into trying to do a multi-heddle
\n effort with the loom.<\/p>\n

\"rh<\/p>\n

So, with the rigid heddle loom, I was off to the races!  And,
\n as promised, the loom folded up nicely and slipped into the
\n already-full SUV to head away for a bit.  I’m progressing
\n nicely with this scarf, thanks for asking \ud83d\ude42  .  I’m
\n hoping that some of the waviness of the weft will settle out when it
\n is wet-finished.  The wonky selvedges are mine to own,
\n though.  I hope I’ll get better at them, with practice.<\/p>\n

As for the Baby Wolf… will I ever go back to it, now that I’ve
\n Flipped?  You betcha.  I got the threading done (and fixed
\n — required an emergency heddle to fix a threading mistake) the week
\n before we left.   And, having spent the time working out a
\n threading plan, I have this twill pattern to look forward to (done
\n in waste yarn to settle the warp out):<\/p>\n

\"bw<\/p>\n

Throwing the shuttled, beating the full beater, was pretty
\n magical.   The rigid heddle loom is a lot more fun than
\n nothing, and certainly people have done some pretty amazing things
\n with them.  But I’m looking forward to getting back to the
\n painted warp on the Baby Wolf — maybe soon I’ll get past my
\n trepidation about warping it more regularly.<\/p>\n

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