This week in the studio I was able to change out the strings on the warp beam, and put on a new warp for my 'Exploring Multishaft' project. I also did a little bit of preparation for the upcoming fair, where I'll be entering a few handwoven projects.The first thing I did this week was to fix the gold string on the sectional warp beam! Since the knot is not in the groove (on the right in the pic) it gave me annoying tension issues while weaving. Since I'm still using the straight draw threading I tied the new warp to the old warp then pulled all the threads through to the back before cutting off the old warp from the warp beam. Once I pulled the new warp through the heddles I got to work on finding the right length the cut the warp strings. The first string I cut was at least shorter than the original but did not work. I assumed that since the loop was just at the groove I was in the right spot but it turns out when you make the larks head knot to put your warp on it decreases the length of your string. Meaning it turned out to be wrong again. So the next warp strings I made were just a little bit past the groove. Similar to my original strings but about 1/4" less. Now time to make larks head knots all the way across and get my new warp on. After I got my new warp on I started playing with the next designs on the computer. I haven't started weaving on it yet since it has been so warm and our a/c isn't going into that room. I'll have to figure something out for this coming week because I want to see this plaited curve I designed in fabric! I also started in on hemming some of my napkins to enter into the fair. I decided to hem them with mitered edges which is a bit of a trip since one side (warp side) has two folds and the other edge (the selvedge) only has one fold. I also tried some fabric glue on these since my hems last time seemed to be distorted at the end of the seam. Not sure I'm a fan of the glue. Nothing went through the fabric, and it did do its job perfectly, however, when I took the napkins out of the dryer there were some crinkle sounds. Maybe when I wash them again it will be fine but I'm still processing if I like it or not. The alternative would be to get more quilter's clips. I'm terrible at pinning hems, seams I'm fine with but hems always distort for me. Think it's just the bulk I'm not good at holding while at the sewing machine. Oh, and if you are a sewer you are probably saying just use a walking foot, that's what they are for right! Well I tried that and it didn't work for my hems, go figure. Well I finished 3 tests and I like the mitered edges so I'll go ahead and finish my good napkins. Oh, the ones I hemmed this week had some weaving hiccups in them, so they were for practice purposes. Hopefully, by next week I'll at least have a few entries for the fair ready. ha! and when I make the official napkins I'll use the appropriate colored thread. Since I was short on black thread I thought I'd be creative with my thread choice on the practice round. Which actually surprised me because the silver thread blends in much better on the black & white napkins than I thought it would.
Till next week, Happy Weaving! Val
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