{"id":7080,"date":"2016-02-16T16:07:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T21:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=7080"},"modified":"2016-02-17T08:18:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T13:18:22","slug":"works-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2016\/02\/works-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Works for me"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"beaming<\/a><\/p>\n

Work progresses. The photo shows me beaming the warp for CT & TS. From left to right in the photo the colors are royal, bleu, peacock, emeraude, lavande, magenta, and mauve pale.\u00a0 The blends going from the royal to the emeraude just pull my eye in every time.<\/p>\n

I now have the warp threaded through the heddles and reed, tied on the front apron, and tested for threading and tensioning problems, and in between 4 hours of shoveling today (yes – 4 HOURS – we got more than 18″ of snow between 6AM and 5PM today) have a bit over 30″ woven so far.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

\"CT's<\/a><\/p>\n

Weavers might find something else in the first photo interesting.\u00a0 (Non weavers: you may want to bail on this section.) This is the back beam of my Macomber loom.\u00a0 Some looms have a built in raddle, but not Macombers.\u00a0 And since I always warp back to front, a raddle is essential.\u00a0 I tried several different strategies to hold the raddle on my back beam, none of them great.\u00a0 Then I hit on the solution that makes perfect sense for me – Irwin Quick Grip Mini Bar Clamps.\u00a0 They’re designed to be easy to manipulate with one hand. You can see one on the right side of the picture.<\/p>\n

I clamp the raddle to the top of the back beam while I spread the warp.\u00a0 Then when I’m beaming, under tension using my warping valet, the raddle can’t stay there.\u00a0 The rubber bands that hold the threads in the raddle sections chafe and stress on those threads – not good.\u00a0 So I simply unclamp the raddle, slide it down to the outside of that back beam, and re-clamp it.\u00a0 Works like a charm thoughout the beaming process. I leave the raddle and lease sticks in place until the loom is all threaded, then again quickly release those clamps and slide the raddle off.<\/p>\n

We all find tools, tricks, and tips that work for us, sometimes from other weavers, sometimes dreamed up from thin air, sometimes, like this innovation, the result of perusing the tools in my basement and seeing something in a new light.\u00a0 I had to buy a second one – a pair is needed – but for the size I use they’re less than $15 each.\u00a0 Since I use them every single time I beam a warp, the investment is well worth it for me.\u00a0 Your turn: what’s one of the unconventional tools you use in your weaving?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Work progresses. The photo shows me beaming the warp for CT & TS. From left to right in the photo the colors are royal, bleu, peacock, emeraude, lavande, magenta, and mauve pale. The blends going from the royal to the emeraude just pull my eye in every time.<\/p>\n

I now have the warp threaded […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[530,568,253],"class_list":["post-7080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weaving","tag-cotton","tag-handwoven-baby-wrap","tag-macomber","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7080"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7093,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7080\/revisions\/7093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}