I have spent the last week fighting the Schacht about the Echo and Iris course I signed up for. I rechecked the threading and the colour layout, (four colours in succession and repeated ad nauseam) . Still no joy. I wove a single pattern absolute *****. So there I was scratching my head and wondering if I should just abandon the whole project and then I spotted the error!!! My error. I was so taken up with following Daryl Lancaster`s instructions baout front to back warping up that I omitted to put the warp over the back beam. If you think about it, you will see that the tension will go to pot. Well since you can lift the Schacht`s back beam out easily, it was a matter of minutes to correct and get the tension correct. And after that it went very sweetly. My only excuse is that I last set up a warp last November and anyway got confused by this front to back business. One thing I did learn was that that method gives a good warp.
So after al that, I wove four samples, each of one pattern in four different colours, See the photo below
I did that one time with my Harrisville. And I had been weaving for years also. So when a friend called and said she couldn’t get a shed I told her to check to make sure she had warped over her back beam. I swear I could hear the “eye roll” over the phone. But 15 minutes later she called laughing and asked “how in the $$!* did I know that. I just told her experience!!
ReplyDelete