Comments on: Weighting Warps

By: Lizzie Doyle

Lizzie Doyle — Wed, 02 May 2007 13:16:48 +0000

Thanks for directing me that way. the trapeze looks like it has entered my life just in time. I have just completed 6 silk crackle weave scar/stoles It was the first silk I have used on a warp linger than 5 metres. Wow , did I suffer the lack of tension! I have been a lazy wool warper for far too long. Qool is very forgiving, I have recently realized.

So I am now winding a warp of 17 metres x 60cm. I was just about to start panicking because the silk from Laos that I am using is highly spun and will give me enough flak without the warp being uneven.

I think I will be in the shed constructing a wobbly (my woodwork style) trapeze this week.
These weavings need to get moving the exhibition looms in more ways than one.

By: Terri

Terri — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 23:08:15 +0000

Enjoyed your post on Weighting Warps. In a couple of weeks I’ll be taking a linen weaving workshop with Kati Reeder Meek where she will be showing us how to Warp with a Trapeze.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:50:54 +0000

Thank you for this. Having to continaully shift and re-tie is a nuisance, I agree, but I like your s-hooks better than my rings.

I can’t fathom having an actual trapeze set-up at the moment, who knows?

By: Meg

Meg — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:10:03 +0000

I use empty bleach jars because I can control the weight with the amount of water I put in.