Barn loom

This is the top set of pulleys.



There are two bars that balance on the top set of pulleys. This is why you can never really do three harnesses against one harness.




This shows the next set of pulleys the two front harnesses are on the left and the two back ones are on the right. i took the warp off the back beam, you can see it laying to the right in a twist

This shows the tie up although you can't see all of the peddles.

Here you can see them all.

weaving class projects

Here are samples of what the people who came to class had to share. They seemed quite a bit more willing to try harder things, and they mostly used material they already had at home. And their weaving was very good.

Jackie's scarf

Did another scarf just like Janice's as it was turned out faily nice and was easy to do and I liked the feel of the material. I still need some work on selvages. I made this one a bit longer.

Janice's scarf

I got this pattern off a book I bought online from Handwoven magazine. It is called "Soft Cotton Scarf with Chenille Stripes" it is from the sept/oct 1995 issue.
The warp is a 4 ply cotton and the cotton chenille. The store I bought my yarn from calls is "dish cloth" yarn. The warp was 2 1/2 yards long. And the epi was 10. The weft was the same 4 ply cotton. and it has ppi of 10.

Used an 8 dent reed that I borrowed from the weaving store.

The chenille sticks together a bit but it was very nice to weave with the “dishcloth” yarn. I did have a crossed yarn in the heddles that I did not figure out until about half way. I cut it and tied it back together, I am not sure that is the correct fix and don’t know how well it will hold up but that was my solution.

Jenny's scarf

Scarf 1-13-08 through 1-15-08


Warp:

Used a boucle and two strands of a wool yarn. Both are 6 epi.

Width: 7”
Take up: 1”
Overall width on reed: 8”

8”x 6 epi + 1 to end in boucle= 49 ends.

Scarves are 3 yards long to get one with 6” fringe each end.

3 yards x 49 ends is 150 yards, 75 yards boucle and 75 yards each of the two strands of wool yarn.

Weft:

Used a wool tweed

Width 7”
Take up 1”
Shrinkage 10% 1”
Total width = 9”
Picks per inch 6
9x6= 54”/inch
Length of scarf: 72”
Length of weft = 3888”/36”/yd = 108 yards.

Used a 15 dent reed. Went 0,0,1

Results:
Found that this spacing in the reed was too far apart. Started weaving too loosely and ended up with a lot of distortion, wound up weaving too tight and the boucle did not show as well.

Pictures showing the distortion.

Pictures showing the finished product and the movement through the tightness of weave. The top picture is the loosest at the beginning and it actually shows the boucle better.

BHS scarf

Scarf 2 1/15/08 –

Warp:
1 strand of Avanti (black) with 2 strands of 5/2 pearl cotton. (Dr. Purple and gold)
8 epi
total length of warp 108” – 3yards

width 7”
take up 1”
on reed 8”
8epi * 8” +1 to end on avanti = 65 ends

weft:
3/2 pearl cotton (Dr. Purple)

8 picks per inch. 8” x 78” x 8 = 4992/36”/yd = 139 yds.
Aprox 150 yards



Found that I had missed a dent about midspan. That is kind of causing a misspacing. Later I used the same treadling for two in a row and realized it some inches later. Could not figure out where until even later. Also found that a warp strand had broke at some point in time and I just kind of held that until it was woven back in. I am still getting the distortion across the front when I bring the work forward. I try to weave even closer but that does not seem to solve the problem entirely. The wood is a bit indented there as there is not a straight edge all the way across I don’t know if that is the problem.