My Loom width is 20 but pattern has 34”

Season 4 - Twills on 4 · 1 reply · 74 views · 2 followers

nancy alzola

9 days ago

I bought the kit for the episode 4 last night but did not realize the width for the 408 threads at the epi of 12 is 36’ much wider than my loom of 20. When I called JST their suggestion was to remove one repeat from each section which is still wider than my loom. I’m not sure the effect would be with reducing the repeats for each section to get about 20” . I would have to remove almost half of each section. Has anyone tried reductions or even changing the sett from 12 to 20?

Sandra Mod

9 days ago

Hi Nancy, so sorry you didn’t notice the width of the kit project before you ordered it. A couple of ideas came to mind …. You could make nice, sturdy, placemats with the 8/4 cotton that is on its way to you. You could change the sett to make firm placemats by setting your warp at 15-16 epi. If your loom has toggles instead of treadles - you can weave different twills on each placemat. Also, you could return the kit and choose something that fits your loom - it looks like the rest of the kits in Season 4 would be fine.

nancy alzola

9 days ago

Thank you, agree, I wish I had been more observant on the measurements. I have a harrisville 4 harness 6 treadles loom width 22”. Ive been working on adjusting the repeats to obtain a width which will work. Ive been able to reduce, I’m down to 212 EPI +2 FS with approx 18”. I just hope reducing each section will not adversely effect the overall gamp and I can see the pattern. I will see how the project turns out. . One suggestion I have is that width limits be discussed for each project to highlight restrictions for the project.

Sandra Mod

9 days ago

I'm glad to hear you are going forward with that gamp!

Just so you know - all the information you need to see, when you are thinking of weaving a project or shop kit on your loom, is available in the individual kit page in the JST shop. You'll find it in the item "width in reed" or "weaving width" on the website under a description of a kit and on the first page of every pattern. Hope this helps for your future projects.