Holly wrote:
Based on your info, Amy, seems like the easiest thing would be to go ahead and wind the full 48 ends on the last section, then just not thread and use the final 5 or so ends?
Not Amy here....... but I understood her to mean that you should take your total number of ends and divide them evenly to fit the sections. If the width at the warp beam is a little wider than at the reed, that's alright. I didn't save the last notes, so can't give examples using your figures.
If you just left the final ends stay on the beam, you would have trouble with your edges..... they don't wind on exactly on top of themselves. You would have to allow them to unwind to the floor and would have to keep going back to make sure they weren't getting caught up in the weaving warp.
I was also thinking about a floating selvage--since this isn't going to be a two or more block twill, I probably won't need it, but it does provide a little tidier edge. Is that a problem with 16 shafts?
I use a floating selvedge often. I wind the floaters on an empty cone and hang it off the back.... the cone provides the necessary weight. The number of shafts used doesn't seem to matter.
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