Thank You! When I downloaded the PDF for the online guild, I was a bit confused on how to read this chart. Now it is perfectly clear. Thanks again for clarification. And thanks for creating such wonderful content on the online guild. Best money I ever spent on my weaving education.
so for clarification…. on the 15 dent reed…. the slay at the 1:01 bottom says 5. does that mean 5 threads per heedle? i hope i asked that in a way that makes sense. thank you so much for your help!!!
You've probably found this out in the two weeks since you asked the question, but just in case... you would have a single thread in each heddle, but when your sley the reed you'd use the sley order in the left column: eg. for 5epi in a 15dpi reed, miss two dents and put a thread through the next dent. Repeating that pattern would give you 5 ends per inch. Keep in mind that this is intended for table and floor looms where the heddles and reed are two separate things as opposed to rigid heddle looms where they're integrated. You can do reed substitution on rigid heddle looms but this chart isn't designed for that.
Hi! I can see how helpful it is to know how get around having only one reed, but won't the finished cloth have a 'crammed or spaced' feel to it? Won't this effect the final look of the design you are trying to adapt?
Hi Cassandra, the 'crammed or spaced' effect can happen, more often when there's less elasticity in the yarn like linen. Washing the fabric several times will help reduce it. The lines can become a design element of their own.
Total beginner here. I have a 4 shaft loom with 10 dent reed. I have never set up my own warp before. The beginners pattern I am looking at is for a 12 or 12.5 dent reed, EPI: 12, PPI: 10. When I look at the reed conversion chart under the 10 dent reed heading, I don't find a 12 EPI listed. Does this mean I cannot use this pattern? Will I need to buy different sizes of reeds?
Hi there, you mention that your beginner's pattern is for a 12 or 12.5. I would go with12.5 so you could use your reed for sure. Sometimes we cannot get the right dents in the reed or we can't buy another reed just yet. Depending on your pattern, you could always go 'close to it'. For example, if our pattern says 24 ppi, with your 10 dent reed you can go 23 ppi. Hope this helps ~ g
I am also confused. I have a rigid heddle loom so i don't understand--am I sleying just through the slots or the slots and holes; for example, the chart says 0-1-1. Do I skip a slot and hole (0), thread a slot and hole (0), thread a slot and hole (1), or do I skip a slot, skip a hole and then thread a slot? I understand this if I'm using a 4-harness loom but confused on the RHL.
Hi Carolyn, the reeds for rigid heddle looms are threaded differently than the shaft loom reeds. To get shed to throw your weft thread through, you'll need to thread the slots and the holes.
After you have adjusted the sley order (1-1-1-2), do you use one thread per heddle? Or do you put two threads in that “2” heddle? Thank you for your explanation of the chart & thank you for your help with this.
Joe, you thread your reed with a single thread in each "1" and 2 threads in "2" sley order, repeating it over and over again in your reed. Your heddles in your shaft always only hold one thread because they are waiting for your "treadle" to tell them whether to go up or down. Don't you just love weaving terminology!
Jane Stafford Textiles I have the same question but am still confused by your answer. Do you have any videos or diagrams showing a reed sleyed in the 1112 order?
@@nikilpino, you thread 1 thread per heddle first then when you thread the reed, it all depends on your EPI (ends per inch). Let's say you have a 8 dent reed and your EPI is 18, then you'll thread your reed 2-2-2-3, so 3 threads in one dent, 2 threads in the next dent, 2 threads, 2 threads and start over again with the next dent and thread 3 threads and continue on following the sequence of 2-2-2-3. We do have video lessons on this on the JST Online Guild which is a yearly subscription membership of $99 canadian. If you'd like to check it out and see what all the lessons are, visit this page janestaffordtextiles.com/online-guild/ Cheers!
