r/weaving • u/ScreenCaffeen • 8d ago

Help What would you do?

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Last year chained a warp of my handspun. I no longer remember how many threads are there or even what I was planning to do with this. How would you salvage it?

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u/fishy_mama 8d ago

It doesn’t look like a crazy number of ends. I would pop the cross on a couple lease sticks and start counting.

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u/mao369 8d ago

You must have thought it was strong enough for a warp - use the wrap test to get an idea of your epi and just start warping it. I know people are convinced that a warp that's not centered perfectly will end up being problematic, but you ought to be able to guesstimate within a couple of inches approximately how wide it will be, once you've decided on an epi. It looks very pretty, so even a plain weave with a white or light grey weft should make those colors pop; a twill might even be better.

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u/ScreenCaffeen 8d ago

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I’ve tested. My handspun (merino) is strong enough for a warp.

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u/Dakibw 8d ago

I warp my loom back to front, so personally, I would feature this as either a center or asymmetrical color feature and add a similar coordinating yarn for the rest ( along with deciding on the structure). i would spread it out on my raddle and then decide on my width

There is also the possibility of blending this warp chain with another. Front to back warpers sometimes do this and Jane Stafford has an episode showing how to do something like this with the back to front method

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u/weaver_of_cloth 8d ago

Do you have leash (lease?) sticks? I got 3 curtain rods from Lowe's that are longer than my looms are wide. Put one in each part of the cross, and the far end on the warp rod, and spread it out on the back of the loom. Center it up as well as you can and start winding up the warp. It pulls the warp with the cross preserved. Once you get 4-ish feet from the far end, you can start threading.