Hi Jennifer, Best advice I've heard with sticks is to put at least 4 around the warp beam in one turn. Then you can turn 2 or 3 turns before adding more sticks. Next turn add 4 more sticks but don't put them directly over the previous sticks.
My packing of choice is single face corrugated paper, tho I've heard folk complain that it'll mush down in the center if you beam your warp with tension. With your 30" paper cut 26" lengths and beam them that way. Then you can wind an extra turn without the paper when you come to the end of a piece. Overlaps are definitely a no-no. If you use paper you want something fairly stiff--grocery store paper bags or heavy craft paper, wall paper without glue, etc. If you keep some tension on the warp as you wind it on, it helps prevent the tangly fuzzies. 10 yards on a small loom is definitely a long warp. My loom has a warp beam with a circumference of a yard so 10 yards is only about 7 and a half wraps. Have fun and don't despair. Cynthia On Nov 29, 2008, at 4:52 PM, Jennifer Horsman wrote: > I am not sure how to use sticks, but I will look into it and ask my > guild before starting my next project. Paper certainly is a hassle, > especially with 23" weaving width on a 26" loom (Baby Wolf) and 30" > wide paper! I started with paper towel cardboard rolls cut down the > length. I think that was a mistake because of the overlap required to > cover 23". So, maybe I will rebeam... > > My warp is 10 yards, so fairly long. And because I am using four > colors, I measured and chained each color separately - sort of a > nightmare. All in all, it is a good learning experience! And still > fun, no matter how much more work I might create for myself. > > Jennifer [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
