It depends on how tight of a rug you wish to weave. Let's say you plan on a 6 knots per inch rug. Each nail will be one knot. (The warp string going up, over and down the nail provides two warp strings. ) So you will need 6 nails in the space of one inch. Please note, although the nails will be spread evenly, no nail will be at the exact ends of the inch. Also, using the nails will be more precise, but you can also wrap the warp string around the beam on the loom, eliminating the need for nails. Also the thickness of the warp strings will depend on the knot count. Hope you will find this helpful.
Let's say you have an area where the tension is looser, say about 10 warps. You can take a pencil, go behind these warps on one side and come out the other side, then push the pencil up to the top. This should give you some additional tension. You may need two pencils or something thinner, you'll know. Good luck.
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Thank you for the tutorial. 3Qs: What's the spacing of nails? of the thread? warp spacing?
It depends on how tight of a rug you wish to weave. Let's say you plan on a 6 knots per inch rug. Each nail will be one knot. (The warp string going up, over and down the nail provides two warp strings. ) So you will need 6 nails in the space of one inch. Please note, although the nails will be spread evenly, no nail will be at the exact ends of the inch. Also, using the nails will be more precise, but you can also wrap the warp string around the beam on the loom, eliminating the need for nails. Also the thickness of the warp strings will depend on the knot count. Hope you will find this helpful.
Any advice on what type of warp/yarn to use? I used acrylic for my first practice kilim but it gets a bit fuzzy and wouldn’t work well as a carpet.
I recommend that you use cotton designed to be used for warps (higher twist). Go to Halcyonyarn.com
If your warp threads have different amounts of tension, what can you do to even them out?
Let's say you have an area where the tension is looser, say about 10 warps. You can take a pencil, go behind these warps on one side and come out the other side, then push the pencil up to the top. This should give you some additional tension. You may need two pencils or something thinner, you'll know. Good luck.
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