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Wool Cloth Woven in Plain Weave on a Rigid Heddle Loom
Plain weave is the most basic weave: each weft thread goes over one warp thread and under the next. Woven from undyed wool yarn, the cloth comes off the loom loose and soft, still oily and unshrunk; fulling cleans and thickens it afterwards.
The picture: plain weave seen close up.
Beginner
A few days
Instructions
1
1
Warp the loom
Warp the loom
Measure the warp (step 5), tie it to the front roller, and thread one end through each slot and each hole of the heddle. Wind it on the back roller under even tension.
Materials for this step:
Warp Yarn320 mTools needed:
Rigid Heddle Loom
Ruler
C-Clamp
Scissors2
2
Weave
Weave
Lift the heddle, pass the shuttle through, lower the heddle and pass it back, beating each pick in lightly with the heddle. Lay the weft in at a slant so the edges do not draw in.
Materials for this step:
Weft Yarn265 mTools needed:
Rigid Heddle Loom
Shuttle3
3
Advance and keep going
Advance and keep going
Wind the woven cloth onto the front roller as you go, keeping the beat even so the cloth has the same number of picks per cm all along.
Tools needed:
Rigid Heddle LoomRuler4
4
Cut off
Cut off
Weave to the end of the warp, cut the cloth off, and knot the warp ends in groups so the weft cannot unravel. It is now loom-state cloth, ready for fulling.
Tools needed:
Scissors5
5
Yarn for the cloth
Yarn for the cloth
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