Overdue start on the Christmas towels for this year, but finally underway. Yet another different huck lace design. Modified for the loom (Pete) which has 4 shafts, and the yarn/colors.
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Custom bobbin winder |
Pete has a sectional beam with 2" sections which meant winding 28 bobbins with enough yarn for the 30 towels. In the shot above it was winding white straight from the large cone I bought this year. Anne did most of these, while I wound yarn into skeins ready to dye.
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Slightly modified tension box (with mount for counter) |
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White a colored bobbins wound |
The bobbin rack sits at the right height behind the loom and it only took an hour to wind on the entire warp.
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Winding on the Christmas towel yarn |
When I restored the loom, most parts were there although a few key parts were missing. One, the back beam handle is an obvious one, but nothing some vice-grips can't solve. I'll have to work on a custom handle sometime.
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Temporary handle |
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Heddles threaded and reed sleyed |
With the breast beam removed I could sit inside the loom and with a temporary beam right behind the castle I could quickly thread a heddle and sley the reed in one motion.
The warp is now tied on and treadles tied up. Just a bit of fine tuning of heddle heights and some wax for the heddle frames and I should be weaving.