tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291696319964981692.post803521698386794071..comments2023-03-27T12:22:19.612-04:00Comments on WeaveThings: Crammed Heddles = Broken Warp ThreadsWeaveThingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11879114816985038494noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291696319964981692.post-66831375462570369012011-04-18T16:20:37.289-04:002011-04-18T16:20:37.289-04:00When I used a loom with a fixed center (Leclerc lo...When I used a loom with a fixed center (Leclerc looms) I popped the center S hook attaching wires out of the shafts while I threaded, this allowed me to thread from right to left without worrying about the heddles, the shafts were a bit springy, but not enough to cause problems. If there were a bunch of heddles left on the left side of the loom I tightly tied them to the shaft's sides. Then I just popped the S hooks back in place on the shafts and it was done. Another great solution to having too many heddles left in the middle is to add and empty heddle to each shaft at each pattern repeat, this means if you do misthread you have heddles ready to be threaded every pattern repeat.Lynnettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11459520887792560982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291696319964981692.post-82630518960062216982011-03-24T11:56:01.868-04:002011-03-24T11:56:01.868-04:00I count the heddles from the center and move the e...I count the heddles from the center and move the extras out of the way to the sides. That gives me the same number of heddles on each side of the shaft so the weight is evenly distributed. Let's say I need 50 heddles for shaft 1. I count 25 from the center, then put the remainder way off to the side. I then thread from one side to the other, starting at the edge, not the center. If I miscount, I'm usually only off by one or two on one side, which I can pull one from the extras. I can't remember which loom you have but on all the ones I've had, I've been able to unhook the heddle bar and slide them to the other side of the center point if I had to.<br /><br />Love the cute little kitties :)Restless Knitterhttp://somethingwoven.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291696319964981692.post-32542689259227804562011-03-19T21:52:41.434-04:002011-03-19T21:52:41.434-04:00Love those colors, did you get it right in the end...Love those colors, did you get it right in the end ?<br />What sweet faces, hmmm.<br />~JoA Brit in Tennesseehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16080644141670903160noreply@blogger.com