Warping a Sectional Beam via Warping Board (Part 2 of 2)

[@rosalindtaylor3479]

This method is excellent and the most economically sound. Little waste, less equipment.

[@ghislainebazir674]

Thanks a lot. I just got a tapestry loom with a sectional beam, I had no clue of how to warp it without a rack of bobbins (in tapestry, warps are not so long). Your video gave me all the information I need, that’s great.

[@schwansongs]

This is exactly what we were hoping for by capturing and posting this video, thank you for letting me know!

[@chryslunsford73]

Thank you so much for sharing this method- what a game changer for me. Thank you again ❤

[@schwansongs]

So happy to hear this is helping you!

[@georgesappenfield2032]

My loom everything works up ,mine works bottom to top,everyone I've talked to has never seen one like this before thank you for doing this video

[@marthabeimer890]

Thank you, You clarified some of my thoughts. I also appreciate the sound quality of this video over the first one, I could hear ever word. I am a bit hearing challenged and the silence of the room was really appreciated. I am going to totally re thread 210 warp ends and figure out a raddle for my fold up Norwood Jack Loom which I have had and used for many years. I only recently realized that there was help for warping other than my home made archaic methods. I am probably the only weaver within 50 miles of where I live. thank you so much.Thank you, You clarified some of my thoughts. I also appreciate the sound quality of this video over the first one, I could hear ever word. I am a bit hearing challenged and the silence of the room was really appreciated. I am going to totally re thread 210 warp ends and figure out a raddle for my fold up Norwood Jack Loom which I have had and used for many years. I only recently realized that there was help for warping other than my home made archaic methods. I am probably one of only ten weavers within 50 miles of where I live. thank you so much.

[@schwansongs]

So glad these were helpful! It was challenging to record the sound in the "working" weaver's barn with other people there.

[@curmudgeon66]

Very good set of videos on Warping. I learned some things that I will use, even though I do not have a sectional beam.

[@aah5]

Thank you for taking the time to make this! I'm a rigid heddle loom weaver making the jump to a floor loom, and this is exactly the video I needed.

[@schwansongs]

Excellent to hear, this is EXACTLY what we were hoping to accomplish with these videos, thanks for letting us know all that setup and recording work was worth while! :-)

[@mariposahandwovens4785]

Very informative. I use a sectional warp beam on both my looms, but I am beginning to work more with space dyed yarns and want to be able to align the colors within each section of warp as I want. Winding the warp on my warping board first rather than through my warping wheel, seems to be the way to go to achieve the results I want. These videos show me how to do that. Thanks.

[@pamelabardwell1468]

Excellent videos!

[@schwansongs]

So glad they are helpful!

[@richardschaffling9882]

Thank you

[@iotterlyloveyou]

Very useful information! Is this the Loom Barn at AGSEM in Vista?

[@schwansongs]

Yes, we filmed it there.

[@iotterlyloveyou]

@@schwansongs I had the pleasure of visiting recently. Such an amazing collection and a group of wonderful individuals.

[@schwansongs]

@@iotterlyloveyou excellent to hear! I enjoyed visiting and shooting videos of their events, and my wife was an avid spinner/weaver there for a number of years before we moved!

[@saramontrose3196]

In the beginning of the video, she ties an overhand knot to attach the leader to the section. When in the process did she cut the ends? Just before tying the overhand knot? Thanks!

[@schwansongs]

The threads of each section are measured out on the warping board. There are loops at most ends as this is often a continuous thread. When the section of threads is taken off the warping board, ready to be wound onto the beam, the end without the tied cross is tied onto the leader without cutting any of the loops. This is then wound onto the beam until you get to the end and tape it down. The cross is at the end now, where you can find it. After all the sections are filled and all the cross ends are taped to the beam, you can start putting lease sticks through the crosses to preserve them. This keeps the threads from crossing over each other. When you start to thread the heddles, then you have to start cutting loops. - Jeri Abernathy (Fluffysgarden)

[@dianesoper1591]

I am not finding very many videos like this, and I am not versed in this at all, I think someday I will finally get my loom warped. At this point, I am wondering...Is this the actual use of the box you are showing, or is this somehow a modified use, as the actual tool isn't available? I am wondering also, how long does it take for the average weaver do this operation to be ready for weaving?

[@lanas1795]

Any helpful tips on putting on leaders on the sectional beam? For example, how to attach leaders

[@schwansongs]

+Lana Schwellenbach Hi, Lana. Most sectional beams come with leaders attached by the manufacturer. But if your loom beam does not have them, you need to make one of each section. Some sections are one inch and some are two inches (US measure). Each lead needs to be the same length and folded double, so that it comes up over the back beam enough for you to work with it. At the beam, if you have wood, you can tie a knot in the lead cord and staple it to the beam in the exact same way for each section. The cord needs to be something not stretchy and very strong. Waxed cotton, Texsolv. Braided nylon. Thin enough and flexible enough to wrap smoothly around the beam. Texsolv cord works well.

[@lanas1795]

+schwansongs Thanks, I think I got that done correctly. On to the next problem. The back beam is round, so I'm trying to figure out the best way to secure the raddle to it. I'll probably try clamps first. Thanks again.

[@hunterthompson4209]

I learned that the hoops or pegs are called "cramps"

[@2ST3P]

I only watch this to fall a sleep

[@Joethomasjr]

Totally useless comment. Don't like the content, move on. Leave your negative comment to yourself. Some of us find these tips useful. You, on the other hand, are such a professional, should make your own videos, so we can fall asleep to them.

[@schwansongs]

Did you know that "fall asleep" is two words, not three?