Thoughts on 5.4 – Project Planning 101… Putting it All Together – Adding a Floating Selvedge

[Ginette]

Let us know your thoughts on 5.4 – Project Planning 101… Putting it All Together – Adding a Floating Selvedge.

[fuzzbutt]

Are you also catching the shuttle under and launching it over the floating selvedge on the left hand side? It’s hard to see. Is it always throw over, catch under?

[Jane]

It is always throw over, catch under……or if it works better for your hands, throw under, catch over. 🙂

[lesliemartens2]

So if I followed, given that I don’t use texsolv heddles, the alternative for me would be to cut the outside selvadge thread, pull it out of the heddle and reattach that same thread back to the piece below where I need it? I suppose alternatively I cut use snips to cut the heddle…?

[Jane]

Well, I would use snips to cut the heddle 🙂

[lesliemartens2]

See, now, that just shows you have no Mennonite blood in you…my Menno soul is horrified at the waste, “snipping” a perfectly good metal heddle like that, what are you thinking???

[LORRAINE SEPT-DRAYER]

How clever you are Jane!

[Gretchen Green]

What do you do when you switch back to plain weave as far as the floating selvedge? Can you again switch back to twill?
I am having so much fun being locked in with the coronavirus and your videos! Learning lots.

[Ginette]

Hi Gretchen,

When you weave a plain weave section, treat the floating selvedges the same way like you do with twill. Then you can easily go back to doing twill when you want to. The floating selvedges will be woven in nicely.

Glad you’re spending time watching the videos during this time. Stay safe!

[Ann Nez]

If I know I will be weaving twill, can I just leave the edge threads out of the heddles during threading and bring them through the reed , trying them on to the front rod with the rest of the warp? I’ve been using the canister method for years, but this sounds so much simpler.

[Sandra]

You certainly can, Ann!  If you see Jane cutting a heddle for a floating selvedge, it’s because she has switched from weaving plain weave to twill and is adjusting things to catch her selvedge!

[Karen Borga]

If you are planning on being creative during the weaving process, instead of planning out the patterns … would you include 2 floaters for good measure?

~ Karen

[Sandra]

You certainly can, Karen.  Just remember to watch the selvedge threads on both sides and make sure they are being caught in the cloth, even when weaving Plain Weave.

[Colleen Johnson]

OMG! I had to avert my eyes. Heddlecide!!

Not a Mennonite background, but raised by two people who survived the Depression, and never fully recovered.

😉

 

[Barb Philips]

I have washers of different sizes to hang on the S hooks. I can adjust the weight to match the warp yarn’s tensile strength and the rest of the warp’s tension.

[Rene Sollars]

I have a few metal heddles that I have snipped over time.  I keep them as they come in awfully handy if you miss a thread during threading.

[Shannon Wittman]

I always weave with floating selvages and never once thought to weight them at the back of the loom!  I will certainly give that a try!  Thank you so much for sharing all of these wonderful tips!

Shannon Wittman

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