Search results for shuttles

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  • End Feed Shuttles

    End Feed Shuttles have long been a tool in weavers’ hands. Pirns (end feed shuttle bobbins) are tapered and have little indentations that are very close together at the fat end, getting further apart

  • Selvedge Edge When Using Two Shuttles

    Avoid build up at the selvedge when you only have 2 pick colour sequence (two shuttles).

  • Holding Your Shuttle

    Question: During our workshop you, presented holding the shuttle with the hand under rather than over the shuttle. Can’t remember more than that but my question is why is it better. Because you can

  • Fly shuttle on Octado?

    Question: Another inquiry regarding the Octado 36?….what about that flying shuttle? Will the selvedge be more consistent or should I stick with boats? I am doing production plain weave. Fly shuttles

  • Multi Coloured Weft

    Question: If using 2 or 3 different yarns in the weft, can you use the same number of shuttles and just catch all the yarns at the ends so that you don’t have to keep cutting each one as you change

  • Changing to a Sliding Beater

    Question: I have the David 70 loom with the ‘old’ beater and have read your positive comments about the new beater, however, I am still unclear as to specific advantages of the new one, other than

  • Weavers of Sabahar Part 3 - The Weavers

    Whenever I get home from India or Ethiopia I struggle to stay in the other place for as long as I can. I want to savour every minute of my time away but alas I get sucked back into my other world

  • Selvedges: Practical Tips for Weavers

    In Praise of Good Selvedges: Practical Tips for Weavers We’re all in search of that perfect straight edge, that golden selvedge, and there are many ways we get there. We employ special threadings,

  • Winding Mohair Bobbins

    Question: I’ve just started a shawl, Harrisville Shetland warp and mohair weft. Anyone have any tips on winding bobbins of mohair in such a way that the hairs don’t get caught up and end up tugging

  • Group Project – Friendship Blankets

    Question: Once again our guild, Midnight Shuttles is looking to do several group projects. The first is a friendship blanket. Many years ago we made friendship blankets and new members are interested

  • Weaver Spotlight Gail Maier

    It’s so wonderful to once again be able to share another weaver’s exploration of the lessons learned in Colour and Design. Gail Maier has taken that knowledge and layered structures from Twills on

  • Undulating Twill

    Question: I’m weaving a blanket for my husband. The sett is 10 epi and I’m beating it as firm as possible to get about 16 ppi. I’m concerned about the end fabric though. The weave seems uniform and

  • Double Thread Weft

    Question: I am currently working on a project where the weft is 2/8 cotton wound doubled. My bobbins seem to be nicely wound and I have no problem with them until I get about half-way through the

  • Help – I’m getting skips in my cloth!

    Question: I’m a fairly new weaver with a Leclerc Nilus 4 shaft. I wove a tea towel kit from Jane’s store using cotton boucle and it went well. Now I’m weaving tea towels from a kit using organic

  • Shed Adjustment Sliding Beater

    Question: My David loom’s shed is not quite right. (I have the sliding beater). My shuttle keeps catching warp threads when it glides along the shuttle race. I tried changing the shuttle I am using

  • Weaving Double Width Including Tie-Ups

    Question: I’m attempting a double-width blanket. I’ve threaded a straight draw, one, two, three, four. For the life of me, I can’t figure out what the tie-up should be. My brain is mush. Soon my warp

  • Octado Loom

    Bench Height Positioning for Octado Loom Delta Versus Octado Fly shuttle on Octado? Lease Sticks, Using on an Octado

  • More Tips for Weaving With Mohair

    Question: I am a weaver in Milwaukee, WI. I just discovered your website with lots of beautiful pictures and….most of all, saw that you are a weaver of mohair! I just made a mohair throw on my 36″

  • Tips for Weaving and Fulling a Mohair “Blankie”

    The first photo shows a blanket on the loom with weft at 7 picks per inch on a warp sett at 6 epi. Mohair blanket on the loom under tension The second picture is the selvedge edge of that blanket.

  • What do those terms mean?

    Accidentals – The short weft floats that occur at the junction of two overshot blocks on opposites. Advancing the warp – Winding the woven fabric onto the cloth beam by releasing the brake holding

  • Weaving With Chenille

    Questions: Why so much negative talk about the difficulty of working with chenille, and “worming”? Do I use tighter tension when winding the warp? Do worms come from different tensions in each of the

  • Lamms Adjustment

    Question: Attached are several pics I have taken of my Spring 1. If you need more just let me know. All of the pictures were taken with the pin engaged except for the ones where I am showing the

  • Beating on an open shed – on a table loom

    Question: I am a very new weaver so this may be a silly question…I understand beating on an open shed, but is there a particular reason for changing the shed before putting the beater back? I have a

  • Double Weave Selvedges Not Behaving

    Question: It just seems that double-weave selvedges are much MUCH fussier than other types of weaving selvedges. How can I produce clean ones without having to hand manipulate each pick? I always say

  • Bobbin - Tension While Throwing

    Tensioning your bobbin while throwing a pick. Question: I have a question about when you brake your bobbin with your ring finger, once you have thrown the shuttle. Do you brake it so that the thread

  • How to Control Your Bobbin Winder’s Speed

    I just used this winder for the first time. I had been using my husbands old cordless drill with variable speed which was dandy. This one is so fast, my first bobbin didn’t release well when throwing

  • Kombo Loom Versus the Jane Loom

    Question: I am considering buying a second hand Louet Kombo 70 loom which appears in very good condition. Please can you advise exactly how the specification for this differs from the Jane 70? Many

  • Sliding Beater - Wooden Nuts Loosening on David

    Question: I’m weaving a cotton warp, quite happily and I like the sinking shed and quiet operation. I am, however, finding that the wooden nuts that hold the beater and reed assembly together keep

  • Tension Problems On a Warp

    Question: I am making a stole out of 8/2 cottolin. I have warped the Jane Loom with 288 ends, and have used all the dents in a 12 reed with an epi of 18. When I started to weave I opened the shed (am

  • Sticky Mohair Warp

    Question: I’ve been searching on the web for tips re a sticky mohair warp which is driving me nuts! You look like an expert on this. Unfortunately, I can’t get to a seminar as I’m probably nearly

  • Bench Height Positioning of the Louet Bench at a Louet Octado

    Question: I am 5′ 7″. Where should the Louet Bench be positioned height-wise with the Octado Loom? Recently, I had the opportunity to try out an Octado and did not have a good experience. The breast

  • Selvedges Breaking?

    If you are having trouble with selvedges breaking when using Alpaca or any finer wools (or any other yarn for that matter) - fear not! Jane has some tips for you: Throw, Beat, Change, Beater Back -

  • Back to Front on a Louet Loom

    Question: I have a question on the Back to Front method presented on the Louet DVD – specifically, the part about putting the metal rod at the end of your warp and then securing it to the back apron

  • Warping and weaving with Harrisville Shetland yarn

    Question: I’m warping the Harrisville Shetland for six blankets, so beaming a warp 16 m long. Given all the information on your website about sett, fulling, etc., it appears that it is suitable for

  • Fine Tuning a Hollandia Loom

    Here are some photos to show you what you will have when your loom is fine-tuned. The first few shots are of the loom with the blocking pin in so you can see where things should be when the loom is

  • Weaving With Mohair in a Turned Twill

    Question: I’ve been searching on the web for tips re a sticky mohair warp which is driving me nuts! You look like an expert on this. The loom is threaded up with a turned twill draft on 16 shafts at

  • Shafts Not Returning in Position

    Question: This is a wonderful format, thank you for having it. I am a new Spring 90 owner and love weaving on her, but I read where you said the shafts should float back into place after you have

  • Weaver Spotlight Linda Pickett

    This month we are going to shine the spotlight on one of our School of Weaving members…the talented Ms. Linda Pickett from Victoria, B.C. Earlier this year, Linda attended our last workshop and

  • Weaver Spotlight Jae Koscierzynski

    This month we shine the weaver spotlight on Jae Koscierzynski from Michigan. Like so many students that came here over the years, Jae was an inspiration to me. Throughout my career as a teacher I

  • Handweaving in India

    Originally posted January 2019 A few weeks back I received a request for information about the beautiful textiles on the back wall of the studio in the videos. Laurel asked if I could share some

  • Counter-Marche, Counter-Balance and Jack Looms

    Buying a new floor loom is a big decision, so it is important to understand the differences between all the different looms available before you jump in. When it comes to floor looms, there are 3

  • Olds Fibre Week 2012 Colour & Design Tea Towel Exchange

    This article was amalgamated from a series of posts on the JST Ravelry Group. In June 2012, I taught my workshop Colour and Design at Olds College in Alberta. I had 12 wonderful students who decided