Lots of us do - you're definitely not alone here! Remember to send me questions about things that you want to know more about - chances are you are always not the only one who wants to know something. The questions are what will help me to keep doing this going forward. Thanks for your comments, responses and sub to the channel!
Strangely enough this happened to me today, luckily I was weaving tea cloths and the right hand side was getting progressively baggier and baggier, so I finished that particular tea cloth, then cut the finished cloth off the loom, then I pulled the warp threads forward off the back beam and then rewound them onto the back beam correctly.retied the warp onto the front beam, and now the tea cloths are weaving neatly.
Thanks for this tip. I was wondering what would happen if you tried to fix it by unwinding the back beam some to get those ends back in line, and then tightening it back up?
That doesn't really work Dee because you're not actually changing anything, you're just hiding the problem away and it will come back to haunt you later on in your weaving! If you're warp is looser on one side than on the other, it doesn't really matter what you do to 'patch' up the problem, it will still show - when your weaving comes off the loom it will have what I call a 'banana' shape as the tighter side contracts and the looser side bends it out of square. We've all had this problem, and will all have it again, and from experience I can honestly say that it is best to deal with it properly. Hope this helps.
More great tips from great aunty Glynis! Thanks for the informative video.
Great explanation! I often have this problem
Lots of us do - you're definitely not alone here!
Remember to send me questions about things that you want to know more about - chances are you are always not the only one who wants to know something. The questions are what will help me to keep doing this going forward. Thanks for your comments, responses and sub to the channel!
Strangely enough this happened to me today, luckily I was weaving tea cloths and the right hand side was getting progressively baggier and baggier, so I finished that particular tea cloth, then cut the finished cloth off the loom, then I pulled the warp threads forward off the back beam and then rewound them onto the back beam correctly.retied the warp onto the front beam, and now the tea cloths are weaving neatly.
Fantastic Margaret - when in doubt it is sometimes best to take the long road......so pleased things are working better now.
Thanks for this tip. I was wondering what would happen if you tried to fix it by unwinding the back beam some to get those ends back in line, and then tightening it back up?
That doesn't really work Dee because you're not actually changing anything, you're just hiding the problem away and it will come back to haunt you later on in your weaving! If you're warp is looser on one side than on the other, it doesn't really matter what you do to 'patch' up the problem, it will still show - when your weaving comes off the loom it will have what I call a 'banana' shape as the tighter side contracts and the looser side bends it out of square. We've all had this problem, and will all have it again, and from experience I can honestly say that it is best to deal with it properly. Hope this helps.