Sponsored by TWIST - Tablet Weavers International Studies & Techniques Howdy from Dallas!
I have been having SO MUCH FUN with reeling silk! Bill Wyatt of Wyatt Wheels designed and built me a prototype silk reel, based on my antique Japanese zakuri. It has made a *huge* difference in my ability to reel silk in volume, especially in terms of being able to re-reel successfully and get usable silk. You can see photos of the prototype reel at http://www.livejournal.com/users/oakenking/126503.html and the reeled silk at http://www.livejournal.com/users/oakenking/126890.html For those of you who may be wondering what this has to do with tablet weaving - I'm finally getting to the point where I can contemplate a reeled-silk warp, rather than just using the reeled thread for brocade embellishment. I've never used reeled silk for a warp before, and I'm wanting to sharpen my learning curve a little so I don't spoil a bunch of it. So - folks who've used reeled silk for tablet weaving, can you give me any pointers? I'm thinking that the best throw for the silk will be a two or three strand organzine, fairly tightly twisted, in hopes of reducing shredding in the weaving process. This stuff seems to compact quite a bit just squeezing it with my fingers - any idea how much I should adapt my expectations of warp width? Are there any issues that you've encountered that I ought to address? Should I size the silk, or hairspray it? I've heard from folks who've used it on broad looms, and they recommend that, but haven't heard whether it makes a difference with tablet weaving. Thanks in advance! Michael __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 Send private reply to Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop receiving tabletweaving (not tabletweaving-digest), send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: unsubscribe tabletweaving. To stop receiving tabletweaving-digest, see the end of a digest.
