I had to give up with the brilliant idea of tying on the new warp to the old, it didn't work because I couldn't make knots easily or keep my place--I pulled out all the old threads and started over again. I worked on the loom off and on all day between cleaning and laundry. I found that when I moved the front beam out of the way, it was so much easier on my body to reach and see the heddles.
I threaded all of the through the heddles and then positioned the beam in place and got ready for the next step.
And that was threading each thread through a slot in the reed. I place 2 threads in one slot, 2 threads in the next slot
and then only one in the next.
I marked the reed every 20 slots to keep me on track and it worked well! I managed to do 18- threads before dinner time!
I will finish it up this morning before we head to lunch together--
it's been a long time coming!
That's a lot of work for one day! I could never but I do understand wanting to get to the other side of it once it challenges you to a duel...lol.
ReplyDeleteYou have increased my vocabulary so very much! Thank you for "heddle."
ReplyDeleteYou are amazing. It's like a mysterious language that you're speaking. And you are very patient. That all looks like a bunch of spaghetti to me! :-)
ReplyDeleteBlessings and hugs,
Betsy