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<\/p>\nAnd, weaving fun was had, for sure! <\/p>\n
So, the first thing off the loom is not “a piece” or really even an “FO”. It’s just a sampler, warp that I filled with weft as I was playing around to get to know what this weaving thing is all about. I won’t even begin to discuss the challenge that is “selvages”. <\/p>\n
Without further ado, here it is:<\/p>\n
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Perhaps worth noting — from this perspective, I began at the right and worked my way to the left, so that the final 2 sections of plain weave were what I did to fill up the warp as much as possible (to figure out how much waste I can expect with this loom). Not particularly visible in this photo, the selvages were becoming somewhat credible towards the end.<\/p>\n
Per the instructions for the exercise, I put on a 2 yard (72″) warp. Less 7 1\/2″ waste (fringe, below) at the front, and 14″ waste at the back, that gave me room to weave 45″ on this warp. (The other ~5″ were presumably lost to take up, as the warp and weft threads crossed). Post-wash, the worked length was 43″. I had set it for 10″ wide (120 ends, 12 dent reed). It ranged between 8 1\/4″ and 9 1\/2″ wide before washing, and shrank to 8″ – 9 1\/4″ after washing. (The variations in width have to do with the different weave patterns (plain or twill), as well as the density of packing, through heavier beating).<\/p>\n
Total time spent weaving… probably not more than a few hours. And, it was a lot of fun — very rhythmic, when it got going. It was easy enough with a simple treadling pattern to follow (1-2-3-4, or 1&3-2&4, for eg), but I really don’t know how I’ll do when it comes to more complex treadling. I envision having to learn the fine art of figuring out where I’ve gotten to and having to backtrack to work out mistakes :-\/ The weaving equivalent of learning how to fall, I guess.<\/p>\n
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Above, from left to right — brown tightly packed (weft-dominant) 2x twill, white loose (warp-dominant) 2x twill, and some basic 2×2 twill making a herring bone pattern, followed by plain weave in various degrees of packedness (mostly intentionally \ud83d\ude42 ).<\/p>\n
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Closeup of plain weave — tightly packed at the right, loosely packed in the middle and left (white & brown weft, respectively).<\/p>\n
So — there you have it: first thing off the loom! Next step — planning a project with a result I’ll want to keep…<\/p>\n
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