Hello
I am SO frustrated at the moment and feel like throwing my Louet Jane table loom out the window! I have been doing reasonably well reminding myself to be patient and ‘learn from my mistakes’ etc etc but there IS a limit!
I have dressed the loom with an 8/2 cotolin warp, 396 ends, 20 epi. I tied the warp onto the apron bar after slaying the reed etc. The tension on the warp seemed fine…..but then I put down levers 1 and 3 to start the first few rows of weft to separate out the warp threads and …..all the lower warp threads were completely soggy. I suppressed a strong desire to scream….tried tightening the warp (which is threaded over the back beam)…and thought things had improved a bit, only to notice that now the top bar of the frames that had been raised were bowing downwards due to the tension on the warp threads going through the heddles. I really am fed up and wish I could just magic an experienced weaver into the room to show me what I assume is a straightforward solution to this problem. For the moment, I am just going to give up as it is too stressful to keep at it when I haven’t a clue what to do. HELP!!

I think that should have been ‘sleying’’ the reed, though given the mood I am in, ‘slaying’ the reed might be more appealing!

Update to my suffering……I happened to check the thread on ‘Jane Loom 8 shaft warping questions’….and what should I see but a photo sent by Cheryl showing the front of her Jane Loom….something was different to my loom set up….I hadn’t brought the wooden rod under and back over the front beam! So now I have untied all the warp threads, rearranged the set up at the front and will tie on the warp again and see what happens…..I live in hope!

Well it looks like the soggy warp problem is solved. Hurray. Next challenge is how to stop the shuttle falling through the now unsoggy warp threads and crashing onto the floor. That’s for another day I think and thanks for your contribution Janet.

Which width Jane did you purchase?

Louet will be offering the new "shuttle race" for purchase on the 70cm for sure. I have the 40cm and don't need a shuttle race. I use long boat shuttles (around 14-15") and just hand them from one hand to the other. Like the ones from Glimakra the best for this use. I use other boat shuttles on my other looms.

Hi Cheryl - Thanks. I just left a post to you on the other thread….your pointer about the longer boat shuttle makes a lot of sense. I have just measured my Ashford shuttle and it is just over 11”. It’s say another 3 or 4 inches would make a big difference. It’s great to get this kind of advice when you need it!

That’s very interesting to hear. I would hope to do quite a bit of weaving with linen as my skill level improves so a shuttle that works well with that would be very good to have. I think I’ll take the plunge and see if I can buy a long Glimakra shuttle. Thanks.

https://ibb.co/KLGvwSp
Is this the type of Glimakra shuttle you referred to? 15” long with rollers? Thanks

https://www.eugenetextilecenter.com/glimakra-boat-shuttle-with-bottom-no-rollers-6-9

It’s this one in the longest length. #9

Uses 6” quills. I like the grippy Glimakra cardboard ones.

For some readers I can’t put another link in. I also use the 15” standard Glimakra shuttles open bottom no rollers. I am on my phone waiting for church to start. Will add link when I get home and on my laptop

This one is longer and great for cottons and wools etc.

https://www.eugenetextilecenter.com/glimakra-classic-boat-shuttle

This is the one...

That’s great. Thank you very much. It looks like that company does not ship to Ireland where I live, but hopefully I’ll track down one that does. My current project is coming along OK now and I can cope with the diving bobbin better knowing that I will not have to put up with it indefinitely!

That should have been diving shuttle of course….