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Speed warping (1900)

Nyquist, Janet · Avon, Conn. : distributed by Book Barn · leaf 6

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Various methods are used to keep the lease sticks from falling out of the cross. The most convenient method is to make short string cradles, which are attached to the castle of the loom so that the lease sticks can be slipped into these immediately. So positioned, they will not fall out of the… … At this point the cheiined warp with the lease sticks through the top or raddling cross, and a rod secured in the same cross is now ready to be taken to the loom. The long chain warp is put in a shopping bag or some convenient receptacle so that it does not become unchained in the process of going…

Hand weaving · Looms

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