Warp

Properties & Qualities

Application

Art Product Sample making

Qualities

3D Textured / tactile

Colour

Grey

Sample Information

Date of Creation

January 10th, 2023

Dimensions

420cm x 57cm x 0.5cm

Weight

0.4kg

Culture & Context

This warp was created for sampling designs before deciding which to create on a larger scale.

Process & Production

When winding a warp with a warping mill it’s important to keep track of a few things;1. Counting the number of ends you’ve wound on as you go. If you lose track of the number of ends you’ve wound you can always pause and recount them at the bottom of the warping mill. I find it helpful to cross off the sections I’ve completed from the warping plan as I go along. When warping with two sources of yarn, each time you go down the warping mill then back up will count as 4 warp ends as you have wound on two ends going down then the next two going back up.2. Keeping an even tension across the warp. Keeping an even tension is important as this will impact your final fabric and the more even everything is, the more balanced your weaving will be.3. Making sure the cross at the top is correct. This will make threading your loom much easier and will ensure you are less likely to have to deal with any crossed or snapped threads once you begin weaving.

Recipe Details

2 x cones of undyed British wool1 warping mill or board10 ends per inch224 ends all together

1. Place your yarn cones or balls on the floor to your right.

2. Tie the loose ends together to create a loop between them.

3. Loop the ends over first warping mill peg at the top left.

4. Create the first cross in the warp.- Hold the warp ends in place on the peg with your left hand. – Open your right hand with the palm facing the ground. – Loop your thumb under the first warp end then over the second warp end so that they are crossed over the top of your thumb and the threads going to the cones of yarn are under your palm – Without dropping the warp ends take your right hand across to the next set of warping mill pegs.- Push up with your palm to set the ends onto the two pegs so that the cross you created is in the middle.

5. Hold both warp ends that have crossed over the pegs and follow the string guide around warping mill until you reach to the bottom pegs.

6. Wind them above the first peg, under the second, over the third then loop around the last one. Take them under the third one, over the second then under the first before following the guide string back to the top of the warping mill.

7. Once you reach the cross pegs at the top again;- Hold both ends in your left hand remembering to keep the tension. – Open your right hand with the palm facing the ground. – Loop your thumb under the first warp end then over the second warp end so that they are crossed over the top of your thumb and the threads going to the cones of yarn are under your palm. – Without dropping the warp ends take your right hand across to the next set of warping mill pegs. – Keeping the back of your hand towards yourself, put the ends in place over the cross pegs.

8. Loop around the first pegs and repeat until the warp is done.