Having ends left over is a rarity for me, though it has happened.
WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?
This could have happened when I had to recalculate the number of ends in each warp bout. The recalculations resulted in bouts with different numbers of ends in each bout.
ADD ANOTHER BLOCK?
I could add another block with 14 heddles. But then I would destroy the symmetry of the design. The threading, as designed, begins and ends with the same block.
In fact, the whole design is symmetrical. The left half is simply a repeat of the right half, only in reverse.
CHANGES IN THREADING BLOCK WIDTHS
Ahh, but as I threaded I became aware of another problem. Some of my blocks were a tiny bit shorter than most of the blocks.
These discrepancies doubtless happened when I had to make some changes to the threading. I didn't want to change the number of ends I had planned on, so I needed to revise some of the threading to accommodate the difference.
I thought that what I had done was simply to change the width of the center block. I did not, however, make notes of what I actually did, so I cannot reconstruct what I did. And so I cannot figure out where I went wrong.
I, who always encourage other weavers to document EVERYTHING.............sob.........
UNDERSTANDING THE BLOCKS
Some of these variances are really minor, a matter of one or two threads. This suggests another reason for the discrepancies. And I think this may be the real reason.
At the time I was designing the threading, I don't think I always clearly understood how one block moved to another. Now (I think?) I am clear on that issue.
DROP OFF THE EXTRA THREADS
So, what I shall do is simply drop the extra threads off the back beam. And let them hang there. That simple.
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3 comments:
Peg, I think you do this on purpose to make the rest of us feel better when the same thing happens to us! If Peg has done it, all is not lost! So says I dealing currently with my threading error!
Hi Susan B. No, I do not make these mistakes on purposes. But I reveal them on purpose because I am trying to give as honesta picture as I can of one person's weaving life. I hope people find it helpful to their own weaving lives.
Oh I hope you know I was being kind of glib there! I do so appreciate everything you share on your blog and I learn something every time I visit! I do find it very helpful!
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