I won't go into all the different variations, but now I wind an end that is the same yarn as the warp and double it. The color I select is the color I will use for my weft (if I know what color that will be). If I don't know what color I am going to use for the weft, then I match to the warp (especially if the warp is a different color on each edge). I wrap the double end around any handy cone of yarn (leaving a couple yards), and place the cone on the floor in the appropriate place. I take the loose end, bring it through the loom next to the last (or first) warp end (but not putting it through a heddle. You can see in the picture below, I skip one dent (I have skipped 2 dents in the past, but currently I am playing around with a single skipped dent), and tie the end onto the bar with the other warp ends.
Once the floating selvedge is secured in the front, I clip weights (which are easy to adjust as I weave) to selvedge thread in the back. The red weight is 6 oz. The orange one weighs less, so I added the ever popular film can with pennies to equal 6 oz.
Presto, you are ready to go!
Jury duty is over.
You can see that I am already weaving. Pictures will arrive later.
5 comments:
I like the colours!
I'm with you. I always use floating selvedges. I do not skip a dent, however. What is your reason for doing that?
I don't know about you, Peg, but my edges tend to draw in. By skipping a dent (or 2), it seems to compensate for the draw in. Give it a try, and tell me what you think.
Thank you for this!
I have been weaving for 30 some years, off and on (and back on again). I just started using floating selvedges and was going to ask why the skipped dent but now I see why. But why don't you just have the selvedges wrapped on the back beam like the rest of the warp?
I found you through Cotton Clouds ... your work is breathtaking!
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