First sample is off the loom!

The photos don't really show the detail. The sample contains several experiments in plain, basket, rib and twill weaves (and combinations thereof) and different wefts: wool, cottons, chenille, angora, plain and nubby yarns etc. There's even a small section of plain weave double cloth forming a little pocket in the middle of the sample.

Well, that was fun. There's a few places where changing weaves or differing wefts have caused the selvage to be a bit wavy and for some reason there are a few unintentional weft floats early on. As the weaving progressed the beat became more even, the mistakes fewer and the edges better defined. I also learned that some twill weaves can leave floating selvages which need a direction change or manually picking up. Also learned not to wind on so far that the fell is very close to the front beam or else beating becomes a strain and hence uneven.


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