Does this ever happen to you?
You are weaving away on a wide inkle warp and it slips off a peg.
I have this affliction which causes me to design inkle warps that end up wider than I intended resulting in warp slippage.
This very wide warp has 132 10/2 perle cotton warp ends.
My solution? Rubber o-rings, also known as rubber jump rings.
The beauty of using rubber jump rings is that they are available in so many sizes and fun colors; plus they are fairly inexpensive. You can purchase them almost anywhere that sells jewelry making supplies. Or you can go to your local hardware store and get some rubber o-ring washers. I think they are in the plumbing section. Unfortunately, the ones at the hardware store only come in black, which is not nearly as fun!
warp, weave, be happy!
~Jennifer
My inkle is double sided because I can totally see this happening to me and me screaming in frustration!!
I can totally see the benefit of a double sided loom. I just haven’t found one where the other side comes off. Doesn’t seem fun to warp that way.
Northwest Looms makes inkle looms with a removable side. I own two! One table top and one mini portable one. http://www.northwestlooms.com/
Wow, what a lot of warp threads. I’m curious to see the finished result!
I have something really fun planned for it! I’ll be sharing, hopefully sooner than later. It’s a pick-up pattern and I’m kinda slow.
OK, this defeats the purpose of using a nice small inkle loom, but when I have a wider or longer inkle project than will fit on my inkle loom, I put the warp on my floor loom and just remove the reed.
I also take advantage of my heddles. I’ve found this pickup technique is basically warp faced Huck.
I like the O-rings a lot, though. My warp tends to migrate sideways on my inkle loom, and this would keep it in place. I’ll have to get some now!
My warp always seems to migrate to the edge somehow, no matter the size of the warp. And hopefully warp faced Huck is on the agenda to learn at some point. 🙂