tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978632925950937140.post8709991778845626234..comments2024-02-14T03:06:23.526+00:00Comments on weave4fun: long-warpingAndrew Kieranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08997798351349771733noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978632925950937140.post-30845744820363950332009-05-18T16:40:00.000+01:002009-05-18T16:40:00.000+01:00not a bad idea. really i just need to build a bett...not a bad idea. really i just need to build a better warping frame. it's impossible to make a warp wider than 100 ends without the pegs pulling in on mine. which is crap and means i always have a tension differential that i have to sort out when i'm beaming the warp.<br /><br />i'm going to use pegs hammered into the ground next time. sometimes the primitive solution is the best.<br /><br />it's like winemaking, people think you need all these demijohns and air-valves and all this shit, when all you need is sugar, yeast, a bunch of rotting fruit and a big plastic bucketAndrew Kieranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08997798351349771733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978632925950937140.post-31923903110071404232009-05-05T22:17:00.000+01:002009-05-05T22:17:00.000+01:00I came back to this post because of your comment a...I came back to this post because of your comment about not have room to do sectional warping. What about using a horizontal warping wheel, you wind enough for one section of the warp beam onto the wheel and then off the wheel onto the loom? So there's no tension box, no rack full of 60 reels that you've wound specially - just the sectional beam and the warping wheel. Might give it a go myself one day, but it's not top of my spending priorities (yet).Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488670649558382921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978632925950937140.post-30156980655657196132009-04-23T15:58:00.000+01:002009-04-23T15:58:00.000+01:00yeah, that would be nice. one day i hope to rent a...yeah, that would be nice. one day i hope to rent a field to work in and set up an open-ended marquee or some such thing. i really hate being cooped up all winter in such a tiny wee spaceAndrew Kieranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08997798351349771733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978632925950937140.post-6038012500415112962009-04-22T23:31:00.000+01:002009-04-22T23:31:00.000+01:00Oh, good, you're back at the 100-scarf project. I...Oh, good, you're back at the 100-scarf project. I was so worried you'd given up on it. And quite the idea you've got for winding the warp. Possibly the first time in history such a thing was done on a sea barrier? I've often thought it would be nice to arrange a loom with its back at a patio door so I could just open the door and have lots of room to work at it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978632925950937140.post-75921457440806834002009-04-21T18:25:00.000+01:002009-04-21T18:25:00.000+01:00LOL! That's that wildest warping yarn (oof, sorry)...LOL! That's that wildest warping yarn (oof, sorry) I've ever heard. Pray, continue : )<br /><br />FernAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978632925950937140.post-2318040434287964892009-04-21T16:25:00.000+01:002009-04-21T16:25:00.000+01:00GOOD! Something makes me wonder if you aren't jus...GOOD! Something makes me wonder if you aren't just sitting in a soft sofa making this up...the wind, the sea barrier, the rocks, the long warp. I really don't mind if you are, because it's a good story, and I'm hooked.Susannoreply@blogger.com