Warping Multiple Heddles

Patron-Only Study Group

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This study group is supported by the Yarnworker School Patreon community who have been unbelievably generous as I work on my next book project. Anyone is welcome to join us by becoming a patron.

This new study session is supported with all new videos. Every two weeks we will gather for live discussion sessions. These sessions are recorded.

While this study session is not project based, I will be providing some projects along the way. All the projects, written examples, and warping demos are using yarns made or stocked by Gist Yarn, namely Gist's Beam and Brassard's 8/4 and 8/2 cotton.

The schedule is subject to change, as we may work though the material faster or slower than anticipated. It is anticipated to conclude by late summer with a follow up study of structure in the rigid-heddle world and the anticipated release of my new guide A Rigid-Heddle Weaver's Guide to Structure: Making Sense of a Multi-Heddle World. Patrons make this work possible.

Course curriculum

1. Orientation
2. Round Up of All Patterns and Handout
3. Equipment
4. Yarn Selection
5. Orientation Handouts
6. Resources
7. Handout: Standard Two-Heddle Threading
8. Handout: Theory
9. Handout: Terms
1. Introduction to Threading Diagrams
2. Direct Warping: Back Heddle Slots
3. Direct Warping: Back Heddle Holes
4. Direct Warping: Front Heddle
1. Ashford Heddle Block + Introduction to Indirect Setup
2. Indirect Warping Review
3. Indirectly Warping Standard Threading at 200%
4. Standard Threading at 100% Density
1. Shed Making: Ashford and Schacht Heddle Block
2. Charging Pick-Up Stick Part One
3. Charging the Pick-Up Stick Part Two + Lace Sheds
4. Heddle Rod + 1/3 Twill Sheds
5. Doubleweave Sheds + Adding in a Missing Warp End
6. Saving a Shed + A Few Notes About Warping Color
1. 100% Density Threading, Headers, and Selvedges
2. Introduction to Summer and Winter + Thoughts on Modifications and Sampling
3. Charging for Summer and Winter
4. Adding Pattern Weft
5. Weaving Bricks and Blocks
6. Weaving Columns + More Thoughts About Selvedges and Balance
7. Unweaving and Weaving On
8. Summer and Winter Project Handout
1. How to Use a Threading to Design a Project
2. Handout: Standard Two Heddle Threadings In Draft Formats
1. Introduction
2. Direct Warping 200% Density On Loom With Third Heddle Slot: Heddle 3 Slots
3. Direct Warping 200% Density On Loom With Third Heddle Slot: Heddle 3 Slots
4. Direct Warping 200% Density On Loom With Third Heddle Slot: Heddle 2 and 3
5. Direct Warping 200% Density: Using Third Heddle Narrower Than Loom Width
6. Winding a Warp with Two Colors
7. Indirect Warping Tips
8. Resources
9. Handout: Standard Threading On Three
1. Header + Weaving 2/2 Point Twill On A Loom With Third Heddle Support
2. Weaving 2/2 Point Twill With a Hanging Heddle
3. Stitching and Transitions
4. Making Waves Coasters
1. Handouts: Specific Three Heddle Threadings
2. Introduction + The Relationship Between 3 Heddles and 4 Threading Position or Shafts
3. Setup
4. Direct Warping On Loom With a Double Heddle Block: H3 Slots
5. Direct Warping On Loom With a Double Heddle Block: H3 Holes + Brief Mention of the Hybrid Indirect Method
6. Threading H2 and H1
1. Point Twill Scarf Pattern
2. Weaving a Header Part One: Plain Weave or Plain Weave Like Sheds + Placing Your Pick-Up Stick
3. Weaving Header Part Two: Weaving Order Repeats in Header + Reading Your Weaving
4. Starting The Project + Reading Your Weaving Continued
5. Weaving Ascending and Descending Point Weaving Orders + Thoughts on Hemstitching and Finishing
6. Resources
1. Point Twill Napkins Pattern
2. Introduction to Colorwork + Structure
3. Direct Warping: Background
4. Direct Warping: Accents
5. Introduction to Indirect Warping
6. Indirect Warping: Threading Front Heddle
7. Indirect Warping: Threading Middle and Back Heddle
8. Packing the Beam
9. Figures For Additional Threading Option
10. Working on a Stand + One More Threading Option
11. Weaving with Two Colors
12. Resources
1. Module Outline
2. Two Heddles, Three Threading Positions Handout
1. The Road Goes On Forever

About this course

73 lessons
6 hours of video content