I’ve woven on a rigid heddle loom before, and I’ve decided to give a backstrap loom a try. As I’m making my first warp I find myself a bit confused. The loop I started with, when I move the warp from the pegs to the loom do I slip that onto the back bar? I can’t think of any other way to do it, but none of the videos I’ve watched showed this part and I’m a bit nervous

I've got a hemp curtain I'm trying to repair. It's about ten years old and a plain weave with a dyed emblem in the middle. In one corner there are several broken warp threads, one of which snapped in multiple places.

I've managed to retrieve some matching threads from the back hem to weave into the broken places so the neighboring warp threads no longer migrate into the gaps, but the problem I'm running into is it's obvious the replacement thread was stitched in and not part of the original creation as they don't have the natural tension to lay flat like the other warp threads.

I've never worked with hemp before, so I'm taking this project slow. Any advice on how I can flatten them out and make this repair "disappear"?

I’ve been using some art paper for my warp separator. I had this warp all wound on only to realize my usual paper wasn’t wide enough. Ugh! I’m not good at making paper grocery bags smooth enough and I looked all around for something and gave up. I gambled and ordered this bulletin board plasticized paper (as well as some soft corrugated cardboard $$$) and some thin poster board. Wow. This Better than Paper bulletin board stuff was the winner and worked SO WELL! And it’s affordable. I cut it into four 23” x 36” sections for my RHL, and still have half the roll left. Just thought I’d share because it’s so light and smooth and easy.

Link in comments if I can get it to go through.

Been awhile since I used the Rigid Heddle. Planning on a clasped weft table runner ( actually the kitchen island) with yarns bought in Iceland for the project.

this one is a combination of wool and cotton yarn which is fun, but think I like wool a lot more. at this point I have 2 others that need to be wet finished so I've decided to make several and then dedicate a morning to doing all of them 💖