Wind the Warp - 10 Steps on How to Warp a Loom - All Fiber Arts
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Wind the Warp - 10 Steps on How to Warp a Loom - All Fiber Arts |
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10 Steps to Warping a Loom
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Warping Board |
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From the previous example, or from your project plan calculations, you will have
determined that you will need to prepare a warp of 390 ends, each 3.5 yards in length.
Special tools have been created that will help you to do this - Warping Boards and Warping Mills. If you don't have
access to a warping board or mill, you can thread your yarn by wrapping it around
anything that is the correct distance apart, such as the backs of 2 chairs, making sure
that you create a cross in the yarn with each revolution.
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Warping Board |
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Warping Boards are generally used for projects up to 13 yards in length. Longer warps
require a Warping Mill. On a Warping board, the distance between each peg is generally 1
yard. If your project is shorter than 12 yards, it is usually easier to thread your warp
using the full length of the board.
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 This photo shows a 5 yard warp length.
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The example given above required a 3.5 yard warp length. I usually round up 1/2 yards to
the nearest yard (if I have sufficient yarn) i.e. 4 yards. To begin warping, I tie the
yarn to the first peg on the top Right side of the warping board. Going Left, I run the
yarn Over the first peg and Under the following peg, then Over the far Left peg and
reverse direction. Then to the next peg on the Right side of the board, reverse direction
and on to the next peg on the Left side of the board and so on until there is a length of
4 yards on the warping board.
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Then reverse direction and work your way back up to the top of the warping board. At the
top, go over the Left peg, Over the next one, Under the following and back to the Far
Right peg. This creates a Cross in the warp
chain. The Cross is very important, as it keeps the warp yarns in the order that you
threaded them.
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Warp Chains |
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In the above example, you would repeat this procedure until you have 390 ends. A warping
board doesn't generally hold 390 ends, so you will need make several warp chains. I
usually do chains of 50 - 100 ends depending on the thickness of the yarn.
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To keep track of the number of ends that I have wound onto the board, I use a counting
thread; a contrasting piece of yarn and lace the ends in groups of 10.
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Keep Even Tension |
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As you are winding the warp, you might find that the tension on the warp may tend to get
tighter. If this is occurring, you will notice that the pegs are drawing in. For this
reason, many warping boards do not have the pegs glued in. If the warp is tightening too
much, the pegs will come loose rather than breaking on you. Try to keep an even tension
while winding on. Otherwise, as the tension increases, each successive warp end is
shortening and you will end up with a warp of different lengths.
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Tie Off the Warp Chain
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| 10 Steps to Warping |
| Part 1: The Project Part 2: The Sett Part 3: The Reed Part 4: Calculate Yarn Part 5: Warping Board Part 6: Warp Chains Part 7: Sley Reed Part 8: Thread Heddles Part 9: Wind Warp Part 10: Tie Warp to Loom |
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