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COMBINING PLAIN AND SECTIONAL WARPING
If you are winding a very fine warp, say forty ends to the inch or more,
and do not have or do not want to wind a lot of spools or cones, it may be
more convenient to wind separate warp sections on a warping board or
reel and go from there directly to the sectional beam. If you decide to
do this, however, your warp will be limited in length by what will fit on
the warping board or reel. If you choose this method, follow these steps:
a)
Calculate number of threads for each section on your sectional
beam.
On the warping board or on the warping reel, make “baby warps”
for each section on your beam (if you are using a warping board,
you will be limited in length).
Make crosses at each end: raddle cross on one side and thread-
by-thread cross on the other.
b)
Take the warp off the board or reel by taking off the thread-by-
thread cross first.
c)
Put the warp threads from a first “baby” warp in the raddle,
making sure that threads are spread evenly and that they are
creating flat layers when wound on the beam. Put the raddle top
on or secure warp threads with rubber bands.
Instead of a regular raddle, you can put a mini-raddle in place of
the front reed on the tension box. In this case, the tension box is
used only for guiding threads into the sections. You do not thread
threads in the tension box through the harnesses nor through the
back reed and you do not adjust tension with the pegs.
d)
Attach each baby warp to the extension cords and proceed as in
regular sectional beaming procedure.
e)
Since you are not using the tension box for tension, be sure to
keep it taut manually.
f)
When you come close to the end of the section, take the reed
cover off and continue winding the rest of the baby warp.
g)
Secure that section to the beam and continue to the next one.
