Tag Archives: sleying the reed

Second set well underway

My husband helped me beam the warp – I’m getting spoiled. It’s just so much easier with a second pair of hands – strong hands too! Beamed, heddles threaded, and reed is all sleyed. Weaving has started! One mistake: somehow … Continue reading

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Placemats are threaded and sleyed!

It’s been so long since I have sat down to focus on my weaving! Today, I threaded the heddles and then sleyed the reed. Of course, not without error. In fact two errors. I finished threading and had two too … Continue reading

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Sleying the reed

Threading is done. I rechecked and found one error! I had to fit in an extra heddle to hold the errant end. I have just begun sleying. And I am sleying into a brand new 12 dent reed, 41 inches … Continue reading

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Threading done and checked!

All 480 ends are threaded! While it was a simple threading, I checked it, end by end. This is such a new project and so dependent upon perfection, I took the time. I am beginning to sley the reed. I … Continue reading

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Weaving has begun…but not without a step back or two

I checked the threading, really I did. I checked it twice! And I did catch one error. We had to make a permanent heddle into a temporary one. (We – my husband helped!) I tied on and got good even … Continue reading

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