Threading and Sleying
I have been tag threading - do 12 ends then get up and do 5 minutes housework before returning to thread another 12 ends and then back to the domestic stuff and so on.
From what I have read there are two ways of threading the two warps;
The first method seemed to me to be fraught with danger so I just started with the first thread and went from right to left across the complete threading. It was all very straight forward; I was however very careful and constantly checked my work.
From what I have read there are two ways of threading the two warps;
- Thread the ground warp first leaving empty heddles for the pattern warp, then thread the pattern warp
- Do both warps at once
The first method seemed to me to be fraught with danger so I just started with the first thread and went from right to left across the complete threading. It was all very straight forward; I was however very careful and constantly checked my work.
View of both warps on their lease sticks
Penciled on shaft numbers
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Sleying
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