linen tie on gets loose

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    • March 16, 2020 at 4:50 pm #159643
      Lynn Hicks
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        I am putting the 40/2 linen on my loom (season 3, cramming and denting). When I tied the warp onto the apron rod, and started weaving a header, several linen threads were loosey goosey. Any suggestions? Thank you!

      • March 16, 2020 at 11:35 pm #159661
        yezemin
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          Did you retie them and they keep behaving like that? Otherwise, as you are still at the header, that should work fine. In the worst case, I would weave back to do that.

          Did you check beforehand if your knots are tight? I’m doing that in the way that I put pressure to the warp threads with my hands. This way usually any looseness in knots shows itself early on.

        • March 17, 2020 at 1:29 pm #159715
          Lynn Hicks
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            I did retie them all, and things are progressing more smoothly! I googled “tying on linen apron” and found several comments that linen may be wiggly at the start but should behave after the header is woven. I found this to be true!

          • March 17, 2020 at 1:29 pm #159716
            Lynn Hicks
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              I forgot to say: thank you so much for replying! It is helpful to know I’m not alone in this process of learning!

            • March 17, 2020 at 1:41 pm #159718
              yezemin
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                Great to hear, that all is going smoothly now! Happy weaving!

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