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<\/a> <\/p>\nWhat will I do now? Walk away from the loom for a bit while I ponder the situation. Here’s what I saw as options:<\/p>\n
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- Unwind the entire warp, flip the problem section, and re-beam. Unrealistic – at least not alone and without sufficient physical space. It would likely cause more problems than I already had.<\/li>\n
- Measure out that bout again. Trash the offending section and re-beam on a supplementary warp beam. Since my Macomber doesn’t have a double back beam, this, too, was unrealistic. I know it CAN be done with a makeshift supplementary beam, but I’ve not done it successfully. <\/li>\n
- Measure out the edges of that bout again and hang the re-measured threads individually from the back beam. Again, not realistic. Too many threads. I’d surely end up with lots of ends that were too lose and others that were too tight. And all tangled at the back.<\/li>\n
- Insert a new set of lease sticks in the offending section, flip that section, and keep on threading. I liked that option. But the only way I could figure out how to insert a new set of lease sticks was to thread the whole section – 180 threads – then insert the sticks, unthread the heddles, and re-thread. That didn’t seem like a good use of time.<\/li>\n
- Thread the rest of the warp from left to right – something I’d never done. Then remove the lease sticks from all but the offending section so I can flip it. That’s what I decided to do.\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a> <\/p>\nI have to say, threading from left to right was very ‘unnatural’ to me, and I was not at all efficient at it. But it got done.<\/p>\n
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<\/a> <\/p>\nSo I slipped the lease sticks from the already-threaded sections of the loom, removed the raddle, and flipped the lease sticks.<\/p>\n
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<\/a> <\/p>\nGee, look at the huge X of crossed threads at the back of the loom. Bigger in real life than it was going to be in my mind’s eye.
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<\/a> <\/p>\nHmmmmm. Well, the center of the bout – the solid turquoise section – was fine. That part didn’t need to be flipped. And the fewer ends that were crossed the less problem I’d be likely to have later on. So flip it back.<\/p>\n