Friday
Jan082010
small disaster, no-one hurt
Friday, January 8, 2010 at 5:19PM ;)
Can anyone advise how to repair a broken warp, especially one which has broken right down there, just half an inch away from the weaving?
You recall how I was keeping everything "nice and tight"? Another lesson learned.
Reader Comments (2)
The 1/2" away from the weaving will mean that you have to undo some of the weaving.. As I remember it mum left a long end of the substitute thread to be woven (with a needle when the work is off the loom) into the work on the front roller or what it is called in English. She then tied it to the warp thread end on the back roller with a special weaver's knot which basically i a leases knot or bowline knot and carefully went on from there. I remember too that she made it tight by having a big needle stuck into the woven cloth and kind of made an 8 like you do when keeping a gathering thread in place. Can you tell I was overzealous once and broke a warp thread?
Hope you find a way to tie it on.
You need to lengthen the ends so you have enough to weave in at the end. It should produce an almost invisible mend. Don't worry it happens to everyone!