I was drawn to the rigid-heddle world because it didn’t have as much formality surrounding it as the shaft-loom world. It seems like this was a loom full of pure potential. Most of the creations were based on how to manipulate the threads regardless of their named interlacements. To me this is more freeing. I ... Read more The post What is a Structure and Why Do We Name Them So? appeared first on Yarnworker.| Yarnworker
Three heddles provide a way to translate structures requiring 4 threading positions, or 4 shafts to the rigid-heddle loom. Essentially, a draft is telling you what kind of sheds you need and in what order to weave them. Sheds are created by the threading order and how you lift or lower the warp ends to ... Read more The post Translating Shafts to Sheds appeared first on Yarnworker.| Yarnworker
There has been some chat in the Yarnworker Patreon community about how to visualize what happens when you lift or lower heddles or engage pick-up stick and heddle rods when using multiple heddles. Because of the all-in-one nature of the magical rigid-heddle that determines sett as well as the order of the ends, the yarns ... Read more The post How Ends Travel in Multiple Heddles to Form Sheds appeared first on Yarnworker.| Yarnworker