Hi Claire, We are moving towards multi-shaft weaving and by the time we finish this season with block analysis you should be able to move most of the weave structures we've studied to more shafts, especially if you've studied the theory for the weave structure on 4. I have 1 more year of mostly 4 shaft weaving and then we will head to 8 shafts in 2024. Before I move on I want to lay a nice solid foundation on 4 because everything after that is just expansion.

Hi There,
You can weave all of these on your Jane Loom......which is indeed a rising shed loom. If you look at the PDF on page 8 you will see the big tie-up. That tie-up is for a sinking shed loom so all you have to do is raise the empty white boxes. What you might like to do is make a copy of that tie-up. Then where it says a 12....write in the 34 and white out the 12.....where it says b 34, write in 12 and white out the 34....you would do that for all the tie-ups. Your treadling will stay the same. Or you could just weave the entire piece as it is using that tie-up and when you turn the cloth over you'll have it exactly they way I have woven it. Basically there are 2 types of looms.....a sinking shed loom where what you tie-up moves down and you cover those threads and a rising shed loom where what you tie-up lifts and you end up covering what is left down. Either one works you just have the sides of the cloth reversed. Let me know if this makes sense. :)

Carolyn, I hated winding spools and in 2021 invested in an AVL Warping Wheel....so freeing and easy to warp my sectional beam...at that point I was weaving on an AVL Home Loom, and have since sold that loom and bought a David 3 from JST, also with a sectional beam.

Hi Carolyn,
It has been 40 years since I warped sectionally. When I did, I used a spool rack and tension box. I'm sorry I can't really do an episode on this technique because I'm just not experienced. I see that Cheryl has posted so that sound intriguing. I'll ask her to share more info :) I love this forum because we call help each other. Happy New Year, Jane

Hi Cheryl,
Do you use the AVL warping wheel for your David? Can you share any tips about your process :)
Thanks so much sweetie,
Happy new Year,
Jane

Hi Jane, thank you for your prompt and honest reply.
This was my first sectional warp onto the Louet David loom.
I’ve been using a traditional warping board and prepared 5meter warps of; 34 ends per 2cm each section.
For each section I used the warp tension regulator attached to the back beam, to try and correctly tension each section. I pretty quickly realised that I needed a raddle cross for this process and I also added a threading cross at the opposite end.
Of course having my total of 13 sections to put my threading cross onto the lease sticks was a juggle! Somehow, I’ve managed a fairly evenly tensioned warp and I’m now happily weaving my twill patterned colour gamp.
Thank you Cheryl for suggesting the AVL warping wheel it looks like this would be much easier. I’ve now found a YouTube on how this would work. However, for now I will continue to sectional warp but next time I’ll try my homemade spool rack and save up for an AVL warping wheel.
Weaving is truly a magnificent challenge. 🙃

Good morning Jane and all. I do use my warping wheel for my David 3. I have the sectional beam kit installed on my David with the spacers set at one inch.

I wind off one inch sections on my warping wheel to whatever length is needed for the project. Color changes are easy and don't require knots on the warping wheel.

Then, I move the wheel (which is behind the warping beam) to center the warp to the section I will be winding on the loom. I tie the section onto the cord attached to the loom and wind it on taking care to evenly fill the section. The AVL warping wheel has a tension system built in so each section winds on with the same amount of tension.

When I get to the end of a section, I use blue painters tape to keep the threads in order for sleying. I do have the cross maker for my wheel, but the tape works great and is much easier/faster.

When all of the sections are wound on, I sley, one section (inch) at a time.

I have the Season 6 Episode 9 scarves on the loom right now, but LMK if you'd like me to take photos when I put the next warp on this loom.