When you are experiencing more than the occasional broken warp thread, first look at where the warp threads are breaking. Usually, you can then use strategies to prevent or minimize breakage.
I carefully wound a 13-yd warp of 8/2 natural cotton and took it off the warping board and then realized that I forgot to tie the cross. What should I do?
Why would a warp get tighter on one side of the loom and looser on the other?
You explained the need for and ways to use floating selvedges when you are weaving overshot. I was wondering why you would need a floating selvedge?
Probably having multiple reeds would be preferable, however, reeds are expensive. If you could have only a few reeds, what reed sizes would you suggest?
In her article for the November/December 2017 issue of Handwoven, Madelyn van der Hoogt teaches you how to decipher old overshot drafts.
I’m trying to understand the rules regarding tabby and floating selvedges in Donna Lee Sullivan’s Weaving Overshot: Redesigning the Tradition.
How do you rethread a warp that is already on your loom? Part of the answer is preserving the cross.
I am wondering if it wouldn't be possible to have the Master Yarn Chart (which already reports meters per kilogram) with the sett ranges given in metric numbers (ends per centimeter)?
Someone recently asked me why I became a weaver. One reward of becoming a weaver is the friendships you make with other weavers.
