I’ve gotten through all the drudgery of setting the loom up for this specific pattern. Now it’s time to weave off the first 15 yards and get the loom into adjustment. So far it’s been slow going as I deal with every problem in the book:
- Loose selvages
- Skipping dobby pegs
- Inconsistent cloth advance
- Broken warp thread
- Binding shuttle thread
I’ve solved them all, though, and it feels like I’m getting close to pulling out the stops and just weaving. Today’s pictures show the fabric finally reaching the cloth take-up beam on the back of the loom. That means I’ve finished two yards.
Here’s an overview of the thread and cloth as they course through the loom: threads go through the heddles and reed. Cloth comes over the front beam and around the rollers on the way back to the cloth beam.
The overview from the front.
It’s kind of exciting to see the threads going overhead and the cloth coming out on the bottom.
And finally, here’s a closeup of the cloth that I’m making. It’ll be much nicer after wet finishing closes up the gaps to make a sturdy fabric.
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