Made some progress on the loom, which may seem like little things, but it took some ingenuity to engineer it to work the way I need it to...still need to make some adjustments, as you will see.
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Here the crotches are screwed onto the uprights.
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This is my first go at the heddle support rods. I needed to adjust the shape of the Y where the heddle rod will rest--the first attempt, the heddle rod will barely stay in place, but one nudge and it'll fall. I looked at a couple looms and came up with an improved shape. Now the heddle rests comfortably on there--no risk of falling off.
Here it is set up! I knew it needed just a couple more minor changes before it is ready to warp!
I found (again) and started watching the Sami/Norwegian
video of a woman who was demonstrating how to set up the loom, starting with a woven band with weft threads that become the warp threads of a woven piece. I have a bunch of Fisherman's wool that was given to me recently and this will be a great project to use that yarn. I think I'd like to try this...
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One of the things that I realized, however, is that the woman in the video is weaving on a loom where the top beam is at her head level. The more I thought about it, the more it made sense. Anything out of reach is just silly, so I decided late today that the loom needed to be shorter. I unscrewed the crotches and top support and chopped another foot off the top. I reassembled the pieces; now the top beam is sitting at about 62" instead of a ridiculous 78". Now she feels right. Maybe it seems weird, but she feels alive! She even told me her name. Frigga.
First, though, I need to finish weaving the Perle Cotton piece I have on my inkle loom. Better get on it!
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