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Preparing to weave
Warping, sizing and drawing-in: how yarn becomes a loom-ready warp beam.
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Warping: Building the Warp Beam
Warping: Building the Warp BeamHow thousands of yarn cones become one warp beam: the creel, direct and sectional warping, why even tension matters, which faults start here, and how weft is prepared.Video
Sizing: Why Warp Yarn Gets StarchedWhy warp yarn is coated before weaving, what size is made of, how a sizing machine works, what goes wrong with too little or too much size, and where it is washed out.
Drawing-In: Getting the Beam Ready for the LoomHow every warp end is threaded through a drop wire, a heald eye and a reed dent, how that threading sets the weave and the ends per inch, and when mills tie in instead.
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