Weave Workshop Week 1

From my 8 colors I chose 3 to work with in my first warp. The warp is the part of the weave that stayes still, pulled very tight on the loom whilst you weave side to side with the threads that make to weft.

 First you have to measure out the yarn on a the mill. There is alot of counting involved.



Then you have to move the warp onto the loom and separate even sections which were measured out on the mill.

 Then you have to thread each each strand of yarn through a heddle. The pattern in which you do this will vary depending on your design but as it's my first sample I went with block threading.

After this you then have to thread each piece through the comb which keeps all the yarns in order.

This whole process took a few days but once this is done the actual weaving process is alot quicker. I don't know how much of this I will remember for next time but I know the more I do it, the easier it will become.