This class assumes that you have the ability to warp and dress your own loom without assistance and are reasonably comfortable doing so.
Weaving pick up sticks.
Incorporate one pick up stick and you can weave on 3 shafts.
That s done by pushing your heddle into the down position and inserting a warp separator such as a stick paper cardboard or anything into the shed created behind the heddle so that you can see only all the slot threads.
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You start with pick up control.
To place a pick up stick place the heddle in the down position so only the slot threads are up.
Once charged you can slide the stick to the back of the loom and continue to weave plain weave.
In this case i m picking 1 down 1 up.
I can use these same sticks whether my project is narrow or full loom width.
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Pick up sticks can be used to create simple patterns for all over texture or to create complex designs that may travel or cover only part of the weaving surface.
Then you pick up the configuration you want behind the heddle.
Your pick up sticks need to be longer than the width of your project or they won t hold the picked up threads.
This is called charging the pick up stick.
For my 24 rigid heddle loom i use 24 pick up sticks.
Shuttles and pick up sticks are integral components to your weaving time and effectiveness at your loom.
How to use a pick up stick.
You can do more than tabby plain weave with a rigid heddle.