You might want to ask if you need to do sets to conform to the liturgical year. If so, knowing the required colors would be a very early step. Also is it for the current pastor or will it remain

Our weaving group has been asked to weave stoles for a minister. I have no idea on how to go about doing that. I hope that someone has some idea on how to do it.

Of course those weights are altered. If you visit any European weaving studio where live weight is in play, there will be an eclectic collection of loom weights sitting near the loom - field stones,

Do you think they alter the weight on the system by putting different weights in that hanging box?

In case you haven’t seen…Tien Chiu also has great info about live tensioning on her website. There are great pictures and explanations

Thanks, Sally! I will let you know how it works! - Penny from my phone

Very cool! Thanks for sharing that image.

Here is a photo of the live weight tensioning system on one of the silk looms in Sweden.

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In addition to the illustration mentioned earlier on page page 23 of Weaving and Cloth Design by Marianne Straub, you can see an illustration of a weighted box on page 105 in Ideas in Weaving by Anne

Hans, thanks for the explanation of the physics. That makes sense. Syne, can you elaborate on your choice of ropes? What has worked the best for you? What has not worked? Kati's book calls for

I found that changing the rope I was using to one with more "tooth" made the difference in my live tension system. Along with the other methods of increasing friction Hans mentioned above. I'm playing

Hi Everyone If you are looking for pictures of wood weight box and diagram. Hand Weaving and Cloth Design by Marianne Straub page 23. The set up is not shown on barn loom. Shown on George Wood Loom.

Ms. Lacroix, Live tension is just a practical application of Euler’s capstan formula F1 = F2 x e to the power of (my x alpha) where F1 is your warp force; F2 is the live tension weight; e is the

It’s not about the amount of weight per se, it’s about the amount of friction between the rope wraps and the beam. A “hard” rope will not have as much contact with the beam as a soft one,

I can’t find one now but I sure I have seen woodcuts of barn looms with the warp beam weighted with a trough filled with rocks. I would just try adding more weight - it’s not like you are going to

So, Chuck, the fact that my warp beam is so large should work in my favor and would mean less weight is needed. But "less" is a relative term. - Penny from my phone

You can increase the "torque" of the weight by increasing the diameter of the pulley the weight hangs from.

Hello! Thanks for adding me! I'm going to dive right in here. I've searched the archives for info on live weight tensioning and still have some questions. It's nice to see that Kati Meek is on this