I want to weave some placemats, so have threaded a > monksbelt pattern, but also have some handspun cotton crying out to be a > shirt, so will do this in plainweave. I'm thinking I'll just add width > to the warp by threading some extra heddles in plainweave, weighting them > off the back of the loom. Any advice?
Hi Susan -- In general, I think you would be better off to thread for the wider project and do it first. Then you can cut off the excess threads and weave the narrower project. I don't know how much wider your shirt material would be than the placemats, but I foresee problems in getting the weight/tension equal to the original warp on all of those extra threads. How much wider is the shirt material going to be? If you are going to put on a lot of extra threads, what are you going to fasten them to? If you've already woven several place mats, your apron bar is going to be under the place mats and hard to tie on to. Personally, I would probably warp the two projects separately because of the difficulty of tying on the extra threads and the fact that if you cut off threads from the sides, you are going to waste a lot of thread weaving the narrower material. Good luck, and let us know what you decide to do. You are the boss of your weaving. Kerstin Under the marine layer in Northern Southern California To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
