How do you translate the tie-ups in a block weave pattern to use on a table loom?
Usually, overshot is woven with a warp and tabby weft of the same size and a pattern weft that is two to three times heavier/thicker than the warp and tabby weft.
If you weave a sample at 10" width and then weave the fabric at 30" width, you are going to have to up the acceleration to get the same weft density. In cases where you are trying for a dense weft sett, sometimes this can't be done.
I have a 4-shaft Nilus Leclerc loom. My current warp is 23" wide and I am having trouble with the sheds. I have to work to get the shuttle through them.
Is there a mathematical formula to use when you are changing the sett of a warp that has already been sleyed in the reed?
What is the best yarn to use as a spacer for ladder hemstitching? And how do you make sure you don't catch it with the needle while you're working?
Is weaving with temples more time consuming because you have to keep advancing the temple? and does using one create a straight selvedge?
The last issue of Handwoven shows a rigid-heddle project for towels (Jenny Sennott, Two Savory Towels for the Rigid-Heddle Loom, November/December 2017).
Want to learn more about a particular structure? Want to learn more about how different warp and weft colors interact? Try weaving a gamp! What is a Gamp?
