Thoughts on 2.8.2 – Weaving the Gamp

[Ginette]

Let us know your thoughts on 2.8.2 – Weaving the Gamp.

[heidi]

I’m getting page not found for playing at the loom and at the table. Anyone else getting this WOOPS message too!

[Sandra]

I just checked to see if I was able to access those videos – and they are working on both my computer and iPad. Could you reboot your device or computer, try again, and then let us know if you are still having a problem. Thanks, Heidi.

[Becky]

Pease review how you change colors or just end a thread and start a new one as you weave – all we see is the back of your hand and your fingers quickly moving around – I can’t figure out what you are
doing with that thread on the selvedge. You are tucking and pulling to back- but how??? I have watched you do that for all these episodes and can’t figure out what you do? We need to see what your fingers are doing and in SLOW motion! Thanks.

[Ginette]

Hi Becky,
If you review Episode 5.2 of Season 1, Jane demonstrates how to tuck tails.
I should add, in the same lesson Jane also shows how to deal with smiley faces & frowns, great technique!
Ginette

[Becky]

I have reviewed that episode over and over and still don’t understand what her fingers are doing – especially when they go underneath. Do you wrap the thread around one thread and then there is some kind of tucking to the bottom but can’t see what threads are used. Can it be explained a little bit?? Is it pulled out the back?? Where ? Is it only on the edge threads or does the thread come back toward the middle a little bit and then down and to the back??? If that is explained in the episode I missed it.

[Ginette]

Once you’ve wrapped the tail around the outermost thread with your shed still open and have double it back about 1″ (direction towards the middle), that leftover bit of tail, just pass it through directly down between 2 threads of the bottom shed and pull it gently to snug it. You’ll cut that tail after you’ve washed your woven piece.

[Joy Sceviour]

In plain weave, when you end off a pick on the right, you start the next pick on the left. Can you also do this technique with a twill weave?

[Sandra]

Yes. That is so you don’t build up all your weft changes on one side of your cloth.

[Emma Hamilton]

I’m wondering why you chose to do the join at the edge when you ran out of natural for the stripe at around 23 minutes? Wouldn’t it be easier to just have two threads overlap in the middle and nothing sticking out to sort later?

[Sandra]

There a many ways to change your warp thread and, I think, Jane just gave us one tool to put in our tricks bag. 😉

[Neva Thiessen]

I’m getting ready to warp this gamp.  Looking at your directions on the color sequence, what does it mean to have:   20 forest, then 20 forest/navy,  20 navy, then 20 navy/purple, etc..  do you choose between 2, warp them together, do 10 of 1 color then 10 of the second listed color??

Thanks for your help,

Neva

[Ginette]

Hi Neva,

Great question and you’ve got it! You’ll warp 20 forest, then holding onto 2 threads in your hand, one of each colour and wind the together for a total of 20 threads (10 forest & 10 navy).

Have fun with this warp, it’s so fun to weave!

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