CENTERING WITH FIBER: November 2020

Sunday, November 8, 2020

Weaving a hand spun throw on my Ashford rigid heddle loom

Winter is coming so I warped up another hand spun art yarn for the warp and weft throw on my Ashford 32' rigid heddle loom with the the freedom roller.

I balled up my art yarn skeins it use for the warp, and used my 2.5 size reed on my BUY ASHFORD RIGID HEDDLE LOOM HERE

i used all hand spun yarns with the exception of a commerical mohair harn i used here in and there

CONED MOHAIR YARNS CLICK HERE

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LONG ENOUGH ROOM TO WIND YOUR WARP YOU CAN DO WHAT I DID WALK OUT THE FRONT DOOR TAKE A MEDIUM SIZE IRWIN ADJUSTABLE BAR CLAMP AND CLAMP I IN PLACE OF THE WHIMPY PEG AND CLAMPS THAT COME WITH ALL BFRANDS OF RIGID HEDDEL LOOMS . CLAMP IT ON A CHAIR OR LIKE I DID THE DECK RAILING

Now to choose my weft hand spun yarns

I always love weaving with my ski shuttles click here they come is 2 sizes 20" and 25" either size is indispensable i only use the bifurcated ( 2 separate cleats ) style so that i can wrap yarns or fabric etc in a figure 8.

the low profile of the ski shuttles click here fits in the shed and allow the shuttle to glide along with out drag like stick shuttle do.

instead of using the reed/heddle to beat i use my fingers, or a comb .weaving combs

why? on my throws the set is so open that it allows for this technique also it save wear and abrasion on the hnad spun warp yarns.

all this weaving of bulky yarns would not be possible with the unique ashford buy freedom roller for ashford loom herenormally a rigid heddle loom holds but a few yards but with bulky yarns you can barely get 2 yards on the cloth beam . I got 6 yarns finished cloth here using the freedom roller, you can get even more, it is amazing.