Class 3: Weaving – Looms & Winding Warps
(images: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Sheila Hicks, Navajo weaving)
Assignments: Due Mon. 9/10
- Finish your Loom
- Wind your warp (*mini-assignment)
- Reading: Women’s Work – The First 20,000 Years, Chapters 1 & 3
Handouts & Files:
- Building the Loom Instructions (to be shared)
- CAD files for loom parts (to be shared)
- Winding the Warp handout
Links to Materials:
- Warping yarn: Maysville 8/4 Cotton Carpet Warp
Helpful Videos on Winding the Warp:
This video is of winding a warp using a warping frame, so it is a little different than how we are simply using warping pegs. I think you will still find it useful. I have started it a little forward in the video – jumping right to where the actual warping begins.
These five videos all together (Weaving Basics: Making a Warp – Part 1-5) are step-by-step instructions for making a warp. The below video is actually a playlist of all 5 videos. Again, these videos are using a warping frame instead of warping pegs, but I think you can use a lot of the good information for warping with pegs.