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Laurie Schellinger
This a picture of what it looks like. 
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Louise Yale
Not sure what is being shown.
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In warping, all the warp yarns should be at the same level through the heddles. The photo looks like a shed. Louise This a picture of what it looks like. |
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Laurie Schellinger
It is the shed with some threads hanging lower than other. Not sure what is being shown. |
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bigwhitesofadog
This isn't actually related to grip strength, but my hands are starting to get stiff, and this helps me. I got a pair of Copperfit compression gloves. The copper is supposed to help with inflammation, which I'm not sure about. They have grippy silicon ridges on the fingers, so I can pull the beater and the fly shuttle handle without having to actually grip it. The fingertips are open. My hands do fell better after hours of weaving, and my hand doesn't fly off the shuttle handle. Sandra |
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bigwhitesofadog
I agree we it those who said that consistency, not high tension is important. I see by your photo that tension is all over the place. I suspect the problem is not in your grip, but your warping technique. I assume it's not sectional. What are using between layers? Using weights to add tension, or other means (besides just holding on to it)? Your warp looks like the threads were wound with different tensions. Sandra |
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Laurie Schellinger
I do not do sectional warping. I use wallpaper between layers. I have been warping the same way for 25 years and I have only been having this problem the last few warps. I hold the warp in the front of the loom and I have a motor on the cloth beam . I want to Thank everyone for their ideas. I do have a pair of gloves that have bumps on them, I am going to try them when I do my next warp. . Laurie On Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 9:54 PM bigwhitesofadog <sandra.eberhart@...> wrote:
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Sara von Tresckow
With the problems with your grip, the wallpaper might not be the best thing
any more. I have found over the years that unless really strong tension is applied to heavy paper packing, there can be oddities between the layers that do not show until you get to that place in the warp. Warp sticks allow you to see the whole warp at any given moment so you can see if there is any looseness or uneven buildup. Also, as with crank and yank, you can occasionally brace yourself against the loom frame and lean back holding the chains letting your body weight tighten the warp, not your hands or wrists. And even with sticks, there can be looser places in the warp that occasionally throw up "loops" when weaving - the solution there is not to panic, not to rewind, but to advance in tiny increments until that place has been passed. Sara von Tresckow, Fond du Lac, WI sarav@... Author of “When a Single Harness Simply Isn’t Enough” http://www.woolgatherers.com Dutch Master Loom/Spinning Chairs/Öxabäck Looms, visit us in Fond du Lac or contact us about your weaving/spinning needs |
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