The electric treadle is our electrified version.Īlthough the stand is not necessary to use with the treadle, combined the stand and treadle can turn your Mirrix Loom into a tapestry floor loom. To make tapestry weaving even faster on a Mirrix Loom, you can add the treadle which allows you to change the shed with your feet, making the process faster. Short fuzzy fleece is warm, but it does not make for pretty tapestry yarn. You would not use the fiber from something like a Merino sheep which has short fuzzy fleece. If you were to spin your own tapestry yarn you would use the fleece from a sheep with long, lustrous locks. It just has to be beautiful and available in whatever colors you want. It doesn’t have to be warm or soft or have any of the yarn qualities you would want for making a sweater. The most important quality in a tapestry yarn (which is the weft) is beauty. You can also use a fork if you do not have a tapestry beater. Tapestry beaters are available in wood, metal or a combination of the two.You should not be able to easily break it just using your hands. Your warp is going to be under extreme tension and therefore has to be very strong. Warp can come in a variety of different fibers including cotton, linen or wool.Heddles, if you are using the shedding device.What do you need to begin weaving tapestry? This device makes weaving significantly faster and much easier. The shedding device is connected to the warp threads on your loom by heddles, which are basically just loops that wrap around both your warp threads and the bars of the shedding device
When you change the position of the handle of the shedding device, the shedding device shifts position and opposite sets of warps are raised, securing your beads or weft between the warp threads. The shedding device is used to lift warp threads (these are the threads that go around your loom) in order to pass your weft through them more easily. On a Mirrix loom, you also have the option of adding on a shedding device. On a basic frame loom or a Mirrix without a shedding device, you weave by bringing your weft (horizontal threads) over and under your warp (vertical threads). There should be no compromise on this.Ģ) Provides some kind of shedding device that is easily operated and keeps the shed open.ģ) Stands sturdily in place either on a table, in your lap or on some kind of stand.Ĥ) Provides the length you need relative to the width you require.ĥ) Accommodates the option of a variety of reeds for various warp setts.Ħ) Has the ability to add a foot treadle.Ĩ) Is beautiful, which is why we say “Because the loom you weave on should be a work of art”. What are the exacting requirements of a great portable tapestry loom?ġ) Provides great and even tension. Just like you would purchase fine water-color paper and not newsprint to paint with watercolors, you require a dedicated and highly functioning tapestry loom to weave the best tapestry possible. Forget even selvedges, forget evenly spaced warps and if you have an inferior shedding mechanism or none at all, forget weaving your piece in a timely fashion.
But if you deny her the simple requirement of a dedicated and worthy tapestry loom, she can be quite the adversary. If you give her what she wants, she is as lovely as can be.
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Tapestry is a demanding medium full of must-have requirements. If you’ve ever tried to weave tapestry on a loom either not intended for weaving tapestry or not built to provide great tension, you understand how frustrating it is to not have the kind of tension necessary to weave a tapestry that will not look like something you imagine might have emerged from weaving day at summer camp. It is weft-faced (ie: the warp does not show at all), the wefts are generally discontinuous (they do not go from selvedge (edge) to selvedge (edge)) and it is generally pictorial (like painting a picture with fiber). Tapestry Weaving Basics What is Tapestry?
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