There are twist neutral patterns out there, which reduce the need to untwist and comb. :)
Eowyn (who is fascinated by the idea though, and wishes she still needed snowshoes.) On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 12:09 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Now that is a very cool idea! > > Pick up might be better to create your design with if your warp is going > to be that long. Saves all that untwisting and combing. > > Marni, > Also in Canada and a fan of snowshoes > > > Nov 16, 2009 09:57:10 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > Greetings all: > > I used to use lamp wick as snowshoe bindings (more years ago than I > care to recount...), but I cannot find lamp wick these days, and I > fear that what I might find will be only in short lengths. I one have > one binding, so I have a model for what I want. > > I put the one binding on a shelf last month, beside some leftover trim > I wove during the summer. Then I noticed that they look very similar. > > So next time I'm in the mood to tablet weave, I'm going to break out > the thin weaving cotton, and weave myself some snowshoe bindings. It > won't need to be fancy weaving, but it would be silly to make it all > white when I can so easily personalize my snowshoe bindings. It'll be > good weaving practice, too since each binding need to be several feet > long. > > Cheers, > Neil Slater > Regina, Canada > > >
