warps

10 pound spool of unlaced Danish cord from The Caning Shop

started uncoiling from the center – may not have been best

diagonal and end cutting pliers

end cutters have worked well to get in close and cut flush to tightly packed cord

light on tools for this portion

aside from the cord and cutters, spring clamps were used frequently to hold the warp/wrap cord in place and in tension while taking breaks – essential

also used a bone folder to gently position the cord evenly across the rails when necessary

warped and wrapped separately – felt that approach allowed a little more flexibility (in the event of any mistakes…)

serpentined the warp cord over/under weft nails to start and finish – those ends will get concealed and held down by the weft cord to come

secured ends of wrap cord with a couple actual tacks: 7/16 inch and 3/8 inch blued steel cut tacks

may not’ve made it to weaving, but i’m pretty happy of myself and how this is turning out

got a solid cording workday in yesterday – about 8 hours or so

majority of that time was spent on the floor warping and wrapping

going to bring the frame to table-height for weaving, next

and please,

REMEMBER TO STRETCH

thank you!