Friday, October 9, 2009
When life is bigger than ourselves....
One of the students at Saunderstown Weaving School is making placemats and potholders to sell as a fundraiser for this cause. His name is Chris Neurone. Many of you may know him as a URI professor who is overcoming the debilitating effects of a stroke through weaving and pottery. His family works endlessly to improve the quality of his life, and that of children in Vietnam through Aid for Kids. Please check this website out! http://www.careforhoa.com/
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Where should the Raddle go?
someone asked me:
I put my Raddle on the front. Does that mean I warp front to back?
Answer: No. Putting the raddle on the front of the loom vs. back of the loom makes no difference in beaming the warp, especially when warpig alone.
Warping front to back means that the warp threads are sleyed through the reed THEN the heddles before being wound onto the back beam. It is a method often used when "painting the reed" with many different colors of threads in a hit-or-miss- type of sleying. Randall Darwall uses this technique because all of his warps are hand dyed/painted and he warps looms himself before sending out to his production weavers to finish.
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