Read on Twitter
I warped the loom so I figured I would do a thread:
This is an Ashford Knitters loom and I like it because I can use up a lot of stash yarn.
It is also foldable, even when there is work on it, so you can bring it with you.
This is an Ashford Knitters loom and I like it because I can use up a lot of stash yarn.
It is also foldable, even when there is work on it, so you can bring it with you.
2/ This is what it looks like folded
3/ and unfolded
4/ this is with the reed in. Im using a 10 dpi, which was a mistake. I meant to use the 7.5 that I have. But it will be fine.
5/ Basically you can roll and unroll yarn onto the loom. The rolls are held in place with these gears:
6/ and this is the heddle block. I have a double set on so I can use two reeds: I will explain the little shelves later.
7/ This is the yarn Im going to be using for the warp:
8/ You start by tying a piece of yarn onto the back side of the loom. :
9/ Then you pull it through the reed with this little hook
10/ Across the room I have this wooden peg attached to a chair. The loop of the yarn goes over it.
11/ And you repeat over and over again:
12/
13/ the loops on the peg
14/ When you are finished, you pull all the yarn loops off the peg and cut them so they are individual threads
15/ To wind the yarn on the loom I make a big loose knot, which will make it easier to keep the yarn taught
16/ This is when you use that gear to start winding. There are strips of cardboard you put under the yarn when starting to keep the threads from tangling.
17/ I usually pull the yarn back over the loom to keep it taught. Eventually you have to take the knot out. Because the yarn is going onto a single peg, the yarn in the middle is usually shorter than the yarn on the ends.
18/ You wind until 3/4 of the yarn is on the loom
19/ You need to trim to make sure the strands are all the same length:
20/ The reed has slots and holes. Yarn in each is what allows you to lift and lower the strands.
So you need to put the yarn in the holes. There is a hook for this
So you need to put the yarn in the holes. There is a hook for this
21/ After this is done on four sets (or however many you want) you knot the ends together. The knot is on the front of the loom.
22/
23/ This is the front of the loom after all the threads are knotted.
24/ Now you have to connect these knots to the front roller of the loom. So you thread a long piece of yarn through the top and bottom threads allowing the knot to old it on the inside.
25/ and you tighten
26/ You wind a bunch of yarn onto the roller. This is where you start weaving.
27/ To weave you need the weft yarn to make it through the warp, so there is a warping stick
28/ I wrap as much yarn as I can on this because I hate having to hide ends
29/ and you start weaving
30/ In one direction you raise the reed which makes the yarn in the holes on top. When you lower it, the yarn in the slots are on top. Its just a back and forth process.
31/ and you need a cat to watch
32/ And here we go.
