I’m using a trapeze for the second or third time. It will be in the new version of Weaving for Beginners. I felt just like a beginner. So don’t follow here for details; they will be in the book and probably I’ll put them in another post when the book comes out in a month or so. But if you don’t have the book already, the Fourth Edition will have some other good things in it.
The trapeze is set up in the FRONT of the loom with weights hung on the warp for even tension.
Here is the warp beam with a very good warp being wound on. Tight and even.
I kept the sticks in the group cross for the raddle and worked the sticks up for a bit then cranked the warp beam. With this squirrelly warp I needed to work the sticks along as I went bit by bit.
This warp is wilder than any linen thread I’ve ever seen. Thank goodness for my raddle with only 6 dents per inch. There were only 3 ends in each space, and they needed untangling constantly! But they were straight after going through the raddle along with the tension on the warp.
Some wondered if my raddle was a reed. Here is a regular looking raddle with ½” spaces which is familiar to back-to-front warpers.
Here is my raddle. It comes with a wooden cap, but I used rubber bands this time. I got mine from a reed making company.