tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904270845559593827.post4121059919560899167..comments2023-07-02T07:26:45.065-07:00Comments on Talking about Weaving: More Weaving MisadventuresPeg in South Carolinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07886923838871937466noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904270845559593827.post-60493173066574909722007-11-27T06:19:00.000-08:002007-11-27T06:19:00.000-08:00Dorothy, rewrite this comment for your own blog. ...Dorothy, rewrite this comment for your own blog. There is much in it that many weavers would find useful.Peg in South Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886923838871937466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904270845559593827.post-11203680776197904052007-11-26T14:23:00.000-08:002007-11-26T14:23:00.000-08:00Hi Peg, I get those "how on earth did this happen"...Hi Peg, I get those "how on earth did this happen" moments regularly I'm afraid. The latest was wondering why I'd carried on weaving for several inches although I thought one of the floats looked a bit longer than it should be. Well yes, there was a good reason why. I should have stopped and looked at everything before. The realisation hurt. "Why did I make that mistake? It was so stupid, but how can I be sure I won't do it again? Groan! How can I weave if I can't get simple things right?"<BR/><BR/>Always it seems to come back to things that are avoidable if you check and then double-check everything as you go along. But there are so many things to remember and to check when you set up the loom, and every weave step-up needs a slightly different checklist, i.e. different threading patterns need different organisation and checking techniques. There's a mid-point somewhere if you can find it between paranoia and being absent minded.<BR/><BR/>I discovered talking to my neighbour she'd been employed in her first job as an industrial weaver. She found there was a lot to remember and get right, and she was younger than the other workers, straight from school. The mill was so noisy and everyone so busy she had to get on and couldn't ask questions. She told me that every finished bolt of cloth went to be checked, and everytime it was her bolt being checked she was so nervous she hardly dared breathe until it was signed off, as a fault in the cloth meant wages docked - and everyone would know. She said there never was a problem with her cloth, but she never, ever, could face the checking without feeling the same, almost unbearable, anxiety.Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488670649558382921noreply@blogger.com