Weaving Dishtowels on my Old Leclerc Counterbalance Loom for the 1st time
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ส.ค. 2024
- It's been a while since that I have made a video about my counterbalance loom. Today, I'm happy to share with you the weaving of my first dishtowels on it. The goal of this project is mostly to figure out what works and what doesn't work with this Leclerc loom. Spoiler alert: it still needs a bit of TLC! #weaving #loom #warp
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REFERED CONTENT
If you missed the video in which I set up this loom, you can watch it right here: • Giving a Second Life t...
If you wish to watch the video about my first warp on this loom, here's the link: • Warping my Old Leclerc...
PATTERN
On my website, I share the whole pattern of this project for free. Here's the link: curly-n-yarny.com/first-disht...
WARP YARN
For the warp, I used 8/2 cotton from Maurice Brassard in 4 different colors. They are all available through The Woolery's website : woolery.com/maurice-brassard-...
Here are the exact color names:
-Naturel-100 (natural color)
-Noir-83 (black)
-Olive-1244 (green olive)
-Viel or-1418 (old gold)
WEFT YARN
1-For the first towel, I only use 8/2 cottolin from Maurice Brassard in the natural color (C100).
2-For the second towel, I used cottolin again, but this time in four different colors. I used the same colors that I found in the warp.
Here are the exact name of the colors:
-Natural-C100 (natural color)
-Noir-C83 (black
-Olive-C1244 (olive green)
-Viel or-C1418 (old gold)
All cottolin yarns are also available on the Woolery's website. Here's the link: woolery.com/maurice-brassard-...
3-For the third and final towel, I used cotton chenille is the color “Blé d’Or”-C926 (golden yellow).
Here's where you can get it: woolery.com/maurice-brassard-...
MY LOOM
The video is all about my old counterbalance loom. This loom was produced by Leclerc between the 1920s and 1940s. It's 36" wide and it weaves!
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As you said, make sure that everything is very square. When you beat, ALWAYS make sure to pull in the center of the beater. I noticed that several times you were off to the side. Perhaps you could put some kind of mark to make sure you pull from the center. Other than that, I love the three towels.
Thank you! I feel like you might be right and everything on the loom is not square 😅 I'll investigate that! I did try to compensate the wonkiness of the beater by holding it a bit more to the side and hope to have a straighter beat. That's clearly a bad habbit hahah! A mark in the middle is a great idea 😄
Beautiful work that you have done to revitalize this lovely loom!
I agree with the comments about hand position on the beater (lefty here). Also consider making sure that your fabric canvas is square. It can easy be tied in slightly off balance, as can warp tie on being slightly off (you may have slightly difference tie on tension between left and right sides). Sometimes it’s not the loom, but what we are doing to the loom.
Im so admiring of your talent. Now I have to weave.
Awee thank you!! I wish you lot's fun with your weaving 🥰
I bought an 8 shaft table loom, I am new to table looms and shafts, but I really love the texsolv as they are so easy to thread and move around, 1 of mine broke while warp was on, I managed to use a warp cord to fix it at the ends and it did the trick, on a pratice run of narrow warp, I accidently put 2 warps on the same # 4 slots instead of # 3, all I had to do was cut the top and bottom, and move over to # 3 shaft and again tie some warp at each end to fix the problem. Yeah I wasted 2 texsolv by doing so, but was easier then having to redo everything as the 3 mistakes were in the center, now I check before lashing them on. I really love my table loom. Been praticing a lot, so now looking for towel pattern, I know your pattern are always so nice and easy. The pattern you used is similar to one I did on my rigid heddle, just I did not know what size yarn to use, I have bought both 1 8/2 and 16/2, from your vidoe I believe the 8/2 would be better. I bought the 2/16 as I would like to weave a skirt with a thin yarn for summer. I really love your videos, you are full of energy and explain well. My practicing was on 4 3 2 1 shaft warp. Thanks for your videos.
Watching you, when you beat with your left hand, you aren't holding the middle of the beater like you do with your right hand. I had the same issue with mine. I put a little mark in the center and paid attention to making sure I put my hands over it when beating. No more unevenness.
That's a really good tip! Thank you!
I feel like I was also trying to compensate for the wonkiness by beating harder on the left. But this is probably also part of the problem 😅
You are so amazing! You truly are an engineer! Incredible work to put it together, trouble shooting and resolving issues. Amazing!
Hahah thank you! Truth be told, I have never worked with tools before and I don't consider myself a handy person 😅 but I'm learning everyday and I enjoy it (almost) as much as the weaving part 😊
Thank you for taking us on this journey with your new to you Leclerc loom. I recently got the exact one like your loom and I researched online to see what others have done with their looms and I came across your videos. Your videos helped me to put it together. So a BIG Thank you. Fortunately the heddles were replaced by the previous owner and the brake system was updated. I only have to deal with one of the reeds being rusty. I heard about using naval rust jelly which I plan to try soon. I am looking forward to putting my first warp and see how it functions. Watching this video gets me all excited :)
Wow!! Congrats on your new to you loom 🤩 I'm a bit jealous about all the updates your loom has had 😅 I'm so glad to know that my video could help you set it up. Good luck on your fist warp 😊 I wish your tons of fun weaving on it!
I have the same problem with my Gilmore jack loom beating uneven. My loom is at least 66 years old and for the life of me I can't figure out what is causing this problem. However, when I remove the cloth, it is perfectly on grain. I guess this is just one of life's little mysteries. Thanks for sharing your weaving journey.
Oh that's good to know! It makes me feel better about the whole situation 😊 some mysteries might not be meant to be understood 🕵🏽♀️hahaja
I would think it’s because the loom is out of square or just the beater isn’t squared up to the loom. They still look beautiful.
Vinegar will remove rust, you can soak your heddles and reeds. Their is a video here on TH-cam about it.
Thank you for all your advices. I feel like it might be the case that everything is not square on the loom. I'll have to find a way to resolve this!
I'll look that video up 😊 thanks again!
During Covid I bought an older mystery 27” jack loom. I took it apart to clean it any of the metal bits that was rusty I cleaned with oooo wire wool and a brass brush. The worst wire headles I tossed and bought new. I then coated everything with furniture wax. So long as it’s not too damp/humid the rust shouldn’t return. As to your beater bar it looked like the right side was lower (maybe just the camera angle). I find when I tension my warp the right side slackens for some reason giving the fell a crooked line maybe that is what is happening with your beater bar check your warp tension! I am still learning too and love watching your journey into weaving and your bubbly infectious personality.
This is really interesting! Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I thought I needed to throw away all the rusty heddles and replace them. It's good to know that you managed to same some. I'll look into wax furniture too. I'm glad that we can all share our experience and learn from each other 😊
I just had a major pang of jealousy after seeing your beautiful loom! 😉 One day, I’ll acquire shaft loom, for now my RHL brings me a ton of joy.
One thing that really helps with removing rust is… ketchup! Yep! Just dab a lot of it on those rusty bars, let it sit for a whole and use a metal brush, wire wool or even a metal pot scrubber, wash it off and oil the bars right away. You don’t need lots of oil, you can wipe the excess off after a few minutes. As you flat I imagine is pretty dry, you shouldn’t have much rust buildup.
Awesome!! Thank you so much for this great tip! 😊 I never expected Ketchup to be good for other things than fries hahaha
I always get inspired to weave more when I watch your videos. Though I am not sure it is good for my bank balance lol I have talked myself in and out of buying a shaft loom. I currently have a rigid heddle loom (bought after watching your videos lol) and really should make the most of that loom before I spend more money but I keep drifting back to, perhaps I should give a shaft loom a go. The only thing that has stopped me so far is I now have no space left in my house for anything else lol Though I am looking into replacing my broken summer house to one that functions and I could put another loom in there lol ;) T x
Hahha I'm so sorry 😅 the weaving rabbit hole is a big one! Multishaft looms are fun, but I'm still having a blast on my rigid heddle loom too 😊 Space is also an issue here. If I could, I would have 45" loom, a spinning wheel, an inkle loom...and lots and lots of yarn! Hahah
@@Curly_n_Yarny ooooh I have a spinning wheel and an ashford inklette loom ;) I do have a few things so I cannot really complain. I also have a really good quilting sewing machine so I should be grateful for what I have, and yet, here I am wanting more lol I tell you what though, we would both be handy people to know if we ever have an apocalypse event lol We have a good amount of skills between us lol T x
Hahaah that's for sure!
Still such a beautiful loom [dreamy sigh]
I hope you can get the beater and rust issues fixed... I'm sure there's things to remove the rust from the heddles, but it might also involve scrubbing them individually
Thank you!! 🥰 I' hopeful too 😊
Love this video! Nice towels. Hope you figure out the wonkiness.
Thank you Stephanie 🥰
I'm thinking it's you're too wide in the reed. I'm restoring that looms bigger sister, a 45" and have similar rust issues. I'll be addressing it with rust convertor. It chemically changes the rust into an oxide that stops any further rusting and protects leaves a black coating harder than paint. I haven't touched the metal headles yet .. If you're going to try the synthetic ones I'll let you be the guinea pig there. Was the rear brake on your the rachet type or the newer drag style? Mine's missing some parts and I'm tossing up whether to spend the $300 for the upgrade, or pull out the welder and make replacements for the older type. I'm leaning to making the parts to help keep it looking original.
So interesting! How do you apply this rust convertor? Can it be applied with a simple piece of cloth? Or do the metal parts need to soak in it. I believe my brake system is the ratchet one. That's a though decision you'll have to make! I'm curious to know what you'll decide on and how it'll go. You'll be the guinea pig on this one 😊
There is a liquid product called 'Evaporust' that works wonderfully. I have the 45" version of this beauty and I soaked all the hardware in it and it looks great! It didn't turn anything black, didn't require any sanding either. Thank you for your videos!
That's great!! I'll look it up 😁 I'm wondering, how did you manage to soak the long metal bars? Did you have a container that was long enough? Thank you so much for sharing your experience 😊
@@Curly_n_Yarny I had access to a long narrow container that the heddle bars would fit inside... it wasn't very wide so it didn't use up all the product. I lined it with a really big trash bag to make sure it didn't leak, and soaked the bar, the shaft brackets and screws, everything.. it worked really well. you might be able to fashion something with pieces of cardboard then lined with plastic. I hope it works as well for you!
Thank you so so much for your reply! This is a such good idea! I'll definitely look into it
If cleaning the rust off of the bolts or making sure they are the same size and type doesn’t work I wonder if the vertical or horizontal pieces of the beater bar are squared on all sides? The wood may have warped slightly over time while in storage. You can test that with a leveler.
Also, maybe adding an extra washer to the side that’s not beating down as far between the vertical and horizontal pieces may help (put some felt on both sides of that washer to help protect the wood).
Those are awesome tips! I'll definitely look into those 😄 Thank you so much 😊
I love your videos. You explain everything so well. We have a similar loom at our guild. Wondering if you had any issues with the shuttle falling through the warp, since there is no shuttle race?
Thank you 🥰 I did not experience this issue 😊
Did tightening the bolts help with creating a straight weave
A little bit. But I'm starting to think that maybe the new blot that I put in is not the right fit!
Superbe comme toujours Myléna! Est-ce que tu trouves que le coton chenille ''essuie'' bien? Je me demandais si je ne pourrais pas me faire des débarbouillettes avec ça 😃
Je trouve que oui! J'aime bien les serviettes à mains que j'ai fait avec ce fil. Quelle bonne idée de tisser des débarbouillettes. Si jamais tu l'essaies, tu me diras comment tu les aimes 😊
@@Curly_n_Yarny Promis je t'en donnerai des nouvelles! 😃
Your loom isn't square- that's what is causing the stipes to be uneven on the beam. Measure from the right corner of the front to the back left, and from the front left to the back right (sort of an X through the middle of the loom. For the loom to be square, the two measurements must be the same.
This makes a lot of sense! It'll be a messy job going under the loom, but I'll do it 😄