Winding of the warp.
This week I have really begun to appreciate all the knowledge that our technicians gave us at uni (University for the creative arts Farnham) in the textiles department. Now that I am struggling to wind a large warp.
When you wind a warp on to a loom you have to make sure all the threads are wound at the same tension very tight, and that the threads are evenly spaced. You do this by running it through a raddle. Which is like a big wooden toothed comb.
The linen am using is unruly compared to the cotton I usually use as a warp yarn. The linen is heavy and hard to grip onto without getting red hands as the linen fibres are much courser.
When I wound the warp last night I needed two people pulling the warp very tight at the front of the loom. Wailst I wound the warp at the back checking the tention was even.
It is now ready for me to thread. I have also added some shafts to my loom so now I am weaving on eight this should mean that the linen is spaced out more the new raddle I have bought should also help the linen run smoothly.
