Wow thank you for this, just literally put my Schacht wolf pup together today....came flat packed here in UK what a job 6 hours later. But going from a ordinary loom to floor really set the old brain a bit!!!??? Understanding bits and parts, your videos are fantastic and thank you so much. Also as I said seeing you using the same loom, I could see me and hubby had assembled it correctly.
I have a Baby Wolf with the clips on the heddle bars in the middle. Do you have to count out the required heddles left and right of the center clips before threading? I learned on a Wolf Pub that doesn’t have this middle clip (like in the video).
No tat all! I usually unclip all of the shafts that I am using before I start, get the loom all threaded, then re-clip the shafts once I'm tied on. That way I can make sure that they are nicely diving the warp and I didn't mis-calculate the number of heddles I needed (PLUS, I don't like counting all that much). This works for any loom that has clips on its heddle bar, as long as they won't fall out while you are threading when they are unclipped. If that's the case, I make a rough guess, then re-clip once I've tied on if needed.
As a left handed, it would be wonderful to actually see you do this as a left hander. I spend so much mental energy having to “do this in reverse”! It is hard sometimes to visually turn skills around so I force myself to do it like a right handed person! Any tips for left handlers would be welcomed!!
Thank you for this video! I've always dressed my loom front to back but would like to try back to front. My biggest concern is having to lean over the breast beam to thread the heddles. I think this would really mess up my back as it seems to get easily bothered, especially by leaning over. Dressing front to back allows me to sit on a low bench between the shafts and the rear beam (I remove the warp beam) and get very close to the heddles. I'm curious what your thoughts on this are. Is there a more ergonomic way to dress back to front? Thank you so much!
You're absolutely right, it can be a bit awkward to thread the heddles from the front sometimes. The solution depends on the loom. Some looms let you remove the breast beam and sometimes the beater as well, which is great. On jack looms, we often use wood blocks to also raise the shafts higher during threading so that you can reach better. Let us know what kind of loom you have and we might have some more specific tips.
I have a Baby Wolf with the clips on the heddle bars in the middle. Do you have to count out the required heddles left and right of the center clips before threading? I learned on a Wolf Pub that doesn’t have this middle clip (like in the video).
Hi! I just unclip the heddle bars before I start threading, and then re-connect them once I've tied onto the front bar. That way I know that everything is nice and straight before I start weaving. The smaller looms don't usually have a clip, and some wide looms have more than one clip :-)
Wow thank you for this, just literally put my Schacht wolf pup together today....came flat packed here in UK what a job 6 hours later. But going from a ordinary loom to floor really set the old brain a bit!!!??? Understanding bits and parts, your videos are fantastic and thank you so much. Also as I said seeing you using the same loom, I could see me and hubby had assembled it correctly.
Hurray! I'm glad you got it put together correctly. It's a bit of a job when you get it flat packed! Happy weaving!
Thank you for slaying as a left hander!
Thank you Suzie!
I have a Baby Wolf with the clips on the heddle bars in the middle. Do you have to count out the required heddles left and right of the center clips before threading? I learned on a Wolf Pub that doesn’t have this middle clip (like in the video).
No tat all! I usually unclip all of the shafts that I am using before I start, get the loom all threaded, then re-clip the shafts once I'm tied on. That way I can make sure that they are nicely diving the warp and I didn't mis-calculate the number of heddles I needed (PLUS, I don't like counting all that much). This works for any loom that has clips on its heddle bar, as long as they won't fall out while you are threading when they are unclipped. If that's the case, I make a rough guess, then re-clip once I've tied on if needed.
As a left handed, it would be wonderful to actually see you do this as a left hander. I spend so much mental energy having to “do this in reverse”! It is hard sometimes to visually turn skills around so I force myself to do it like a right handed person! Any tips for left handlers would be welcomed!!
Keep an eye out for a special left-handers only video sometime
What is the sequence of threads pulled.
The draft is from Handwoven Magazine May/June 2011 (pg 62). The threading is the standard American Huck lace pattern (14141 23232)
Thank you for this video! I've always dressed my loom front to back but would like to try back to front. My biggest concern is having to lean over the breast beam to thread the heddles. I think this would really mess up my back as it seems to get easily bothered, especially by leaning over. Dressing front to back allows me to sit on a low bench between the shafts and the rear beam (I remove the warp beam) and get very close to the heddles. I'm curious what your thoughts on this are. Is there a more ergonomic way to dress back to front? Thank you so much!
You're absolutely right, it can be a bit awkward to thread the heddles from the front sometimes. The solution depends on the loom. Some looms let you remove the breast beam and sometimes the beater as well, which is great. On jack looms, we often use wood blocks to also raise the shafts higher during threading so that you can reach better. Let us know what kind of loom you have and we might have some more specific tips.
I have a Baby Wolf with the clips on the heddle bars in the middle. Do you have to count out the required heddles left and right of the center clips before threading? I learned on a Wolf Pub that doesn’t have this middle clip (like in the video).
Hi! I just unclip the heddle bars before I start threading, and then re-connect them once I've tied onto the front bar. That way I know that everything is nice and straight before I start weaving.
The smaller looms don't usually have a clip, and some wide looms have more than one clip :-)