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Winding a Warp & Using a Paddle by Peggy Osterkamp
Winding a Warp & Using a Paddle by Peggy Osterkamp
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This first book in the series Peggy Osterkamp’s New Guide to Weaving guides you through every step of planning a project and measuring the warp threads. You will learn how to prepare your loom for weaving—beginning at the back of the loom. You will learn how to beam on, thread, and sley the reed. You'll find chapters on sectional beaming, tying on new warps, knots, and adjusting jack, counterbalance and countermarch looms. Step-by-step summaries at the ends of chapters provide quick reference at the loom, and nearly 200 illustrations help you visualize every detail.
Series: Book 1 in the series Peggy Osterkamp’s New Guide to Weaving: A guide that makes weaving fun with new techniques from European handweavers and the textile industry.
Edition: 3rd, 2005
ISBN:
ISBN-13: 978-0963779380
Number of pages: 139
©Peggy Osterkamp 1992, 1998, 2005. All rights reserved. At-home printing of the downloaded files for personal use by the purchaser is allowed. Any kind of sharing without express written permission is forbidden.
Contents
Introduction v
1 Weaving: The Basics 1
2 Equipment 7
3 Making Your Warps Work 21
4 Your Warp’s Path 23
5 The Raddle Groups 37
6 Warping 41
7 Securing the Warp 47
8 Now for the Kitestick 51
9 Putting the Warp in the Raddle 57
10 Using a Paddle 61
11 Slot and Hole Paddle 67
12 All Holes Paddle 75
13 Sett 85
14 How to Plan a Project 101
Worksheets 110
Appendix 113
Sources 131
Index 132
About the author
Peggy Osterkamp, once an apprentice to renowned loommaker Jim Ahrens in a production weaving studio, has since introduced hundreds of students to the time-tested techniques of handweaving. She is a natural teacher with a knack for making the richness of her training and decades of experience accessible to all, a life-long textile scholar, and an artist who exhibits her work internationally. Follow her at www.peggyosterkamp.com
Also by Peggy Osterkamp
Weaving for Beginners: an Illustrated Guide
From beginners to advanced weavers and teachers, this indispensable handbook and textbook is a must-have on every weaver’s bookshelf.
Peggy Osterkamp’s New Guide Weaving, a 3-part in-depth series on advanced weaving techniques
No. 1: Winding a Warp & Using a Paddle
No. 2: Warping Your Loom & Tying on New Warps
No. 3: Weaving & Drafting Your Own Cloth
DVD: Warping the Loom Back to Front
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I recommend this book for its wealth of information on the crucial task of winding a warp.
I have been weaving for two years and winding an evenly tensioned warp has been my greatest challenge, affecting my entire weaving process. I "Winding a Warp & Using a Paddle", Peggy offers methods and tips which can help me create "weaveable" warps. As it is said: You have to be warped to weave.