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1. The Grand Domestic Revolution User s Manual no 2 Cottage Industry Making Accommodations Textiles have always been central to political economic logical fixes are available on my homepage developments throughout the world and textile actionweaver com Just press the GDR weaving help production methods can be seen to represent the state button or ask Yolande of labor industry and exchange as a whole If we are In these ways I make the technique and apparatus of to experiment with the private sphere as revolutionary hand weaving available to you residents and visitors microcosm I recommend adopting domestic modes of to the Grand Domestic Revolution Experiment production and exchange that can manifest that Investigate production methodologies and labor revolution physically in action dynamics Develop finished wares from the material To this end I initiate cottage industry and provide you produce and negotiate how they will be used or means for producing textiles here in the apartment exchanged This GDR Merchandise could be used in Enclosed is the complete printed manual covering use two exciting ways enabling non monetary exchanges of the small simple looms I ve left here as well as the and thus extending the domestic relations to the local much larger more complex floor loom community and if brought into a home and used the When attempting to record the many steps of the many revolutionary2. You can also experiment with materials there is a nice yarn shop down near Lijn Straat I think When your shed starts getting very small and your weaving is beginning to look big it s time to advance your warp by pulling out the nails that lock the beams ADVANCING As long as there is warp rolled around the back beam you can keep advancing and weaving by unlocking the two beams unrolling a foot or more of warp from the back re locking the back beam and pulling the warp tight Then lock down the front beam and sit back down to weave When there is no more warp to advance your piece is done Cut it off of the loom leaving some to hold the pattern as it was when you found it and make something special for the house or for yourself or whatever As the producer you should definitely decide the outcome you are most comfortable with I traded some cloth I made there to the screen printing shop next door and they made us these nice care intstruction tag that you can sew on so nobody will shrink you precious wools and you will be marking it as a product of this household of your hands Sign it too THE NEXT PIECE To start another weaving you will get to really make it from scratch Remember measuring out your 40 threads for the mini loom This will be the same at the warping board on the bookshelf except instead of using the four corner pegs you will use all of them Zig zagging between u
3. close fig 8 Adjust the strap to a com fortable part of your back and pull against the warp not too hard but so that the loom piece floats on the threads in front of you without having to hold it fig 7 Weavinge The loom is built and you are almost ready to weave You can set it down on the floor or on a stool and get some weft the material that you will weave into the warp you have stretched before you For these towels you can use the same bio cottons provided for warp Wind some 2 3 meee TS e Now that you are strapped in you have become a main compo nent of the loom It is your body pulling the warp taut that allows the tool to function correctly The warp threads also have structural functions as laid out above so that this loom is an inter dependent organic machine user material and tool having equal importance So how does it work SEW gg aE Keeping the warn tight with your body pull up on the loom Notice that the threads you put in the the loom s holes called heddles are now yours to command and as you lift the loom they will raise above the threads that are through the slots making a space known as the shed You ll pass the shuttle through this space back and forth many times to make cloth as will be explained in detail below Weaving The rest becomes very predictable and repetitive which for many can be quite therapeutic
4. Push the loom down creating the second shed and allowing you to pass the shuttle over all of the blue threads and under the yellow ones fig 13 14 As you lay in each weft piece onto one of the shuttles crossing lt gt L the yarn over itself each time so it beat it into place with the loom Remember that keeps nice and tidy fig 10 This beat is a weaving term but it doesn t mean you also helps it to stay in order as fig 10 you wind it off of the shuttle into the body of the cloth The Shed When you pull the loom up lifting the blue threads fig 11 you create a shed When you pass the shuttle through this space you bring the weft over all of the yellow threads AAAA and below all of the blue ones fig 11 Pull the shuttle through fig 12 and leave l the tail end of the weft hanging from the shuttle in the shed As you pass the shuttle through the shed you can lower the loom and pull it 1 towards you to beat the N ya yy a a a a ae VY i a NANANA N AN A NAN d AAA A Cm OD weft yarn into place rwn MYA fig 12 aaeoeeRaaan_ SS have to use a lot of force you are really just placing the thread gently next to the last You don t want to put irn TEETE UET TEET N rat TW Wet Wines Mies a Me Wits Mites ites Wes ies Wiis Mis Wie Mies Mis Wi winn tw Pom Wi Wi Bi DD Ds Ds Ts I DS I Be A ye ek ee ek ek ek on ok
5. as a rigid heddle Using this loom and the organic cotton provided you can weave a coarse cloth perfect for many household needs Measuring your warp There is a peg board for measuring threads on one of the bookshelves in the GDR flat perhaps you ve noticed it To get the 40 strands that will make up your warp pull the end out of one of the balls of yarn and tie it to the top left corner peg Leaving the yarn loose but tight enough to stay on the pegs make a Z from left to right across and down to the lower left and right to the far right bottom peg Remember not to pull too tight on the pegs you are just starting out your relationship with this string you will be asking a lot from it so just stay loose You also don t want to break those pegs they re just dowels When you bring the string around that lower right peg you have one of your forty strands Bringing it back along the same path to the top you measure the second Just do this forty times to make your complete warp slide the bundle off of the pegs and clip the ends to make 40 strands gt See a Threading the lor a L Now that you have your warp it is time to thread it through the loom Pull a piece of yarn from the bundle and slip it through the slot in the far right of the loom Take another piece maybe stiffen it with a little saliva and thrust it through the hole next to that first slot fig 2 Go across the loom l
6. e of weft at the edge and watch it get pulled into the cloth Don t pull it too tight or you can hurt the threads and the loom Weave a few inches this way practicing stepping on the pedals opening up the shed and passing the shuttle through You are making plain weave If you feel any resistance while you step on the pedal check that nothing s tangled up between the harnesses and the pedals It should be a straight line between each harness to the lam and its pedal below N ia bobbin winder bobbins shuttle PATTERNS To weave a pattern into cloth you alter the structure that you are forming with the threads This is done by stepping on different pedals as you weave Notice if you step on the red pedal the two front harnesses drop and the rear ones rise Then the yellow pedal drops the two center harnesses If you send a shot of weft through the shed now you will see that rather than passing over single threads the weft is now going f over pairs of warps and as you pedal a across the rainbow it shifts over by one each time producing twill You can make a nice regular pattern by just repeating these four pedals red yellow ereen blue red yellow amp c or you can make a kind of zig zag by changing directions and you can definitely try out compositions of your own and incorporate the white pedals again too A nice piece of cloth might be mostly plain weave with bands of twill throughout or vice versa
7. ek too much strain on the warp or the loom Also try not to pull too tight on the weft you can even leave a small loop hanging out of the edge until you achieve the right balance remember a little loose is better than too tight Cloth You are making cloth When you can t reach the loom and shed easily just unhook the backstrap and roll what you have made onto the front beam then hook back up and continue to weave Of course you can also set it down and take a break You did a lot When you reach the end of the warp you can decide how you want to use your brand new cloth Thank you and peace Travis J Meinolf Action Weaver The Grand Domestic Revolution User s Manual no 2 Cottage Industry Making Accommodations 2 Fine Cloth on the Collapsible Counter balance Loom A PEDALS WITH CLIPS TO LAMS B BEATER WITH REED C FRONT OR CLOTH BEAM WITH GEAR D BRACE BAR UNLOCK TO COLLAPSE LOOM E BACK BEAM oe g F LAMS os vear G HARNESSES H BALANCE BARS A Once you have the hang of weaving on the mini loom THE LOOM you might feel ready for the new challenges and rewards of The loom should remain weaving on a larger and slightly more complicated scale The basic premise of separating warp threads in sections and passing weft threads through sheds remains with just bit mechanical intervention The machine in question is the collapsible floor loom you may have noticed leaning somewhere in the GDR f
8. emp string and suspend the whole operation from one of the hooks installed in the flat s walls Once it is secure pull the warp bundle taught and work the tangles out moving the loom down as you go If you come to a knot that won t go through one of the holes just measure out a new strand and replace Sit Most people get the best results by pulling the x whole bundle taught with one hand and XESS Ko WARM gently guiding the loom down the length of the warp This process can be frustrating but remember that if the yarns were not inclined to tangle the fibers wouldn t be able to form the solid yet flexible structure of woven cloth gt Once you have worked the loom most of the way down the warp not all the Y lt way off or you will have to start all over again get ready to roll the threads around the front beam Pull the bundle so that all threads are evenly Win taut and place the larger beam piece underneath them Make sure you don t have any loose threads 6 hanging lower then the rest slackers fig and place the brace piece on top of them clamping them tight so that each strand is solidly secured and then in one movement roll this A beam like you did the other fig 7 so that the yarns hold the beam O LANS together and you can HN strap it to your body Simply pass the cotton strap behind your back and hook it onto the beam not too tight but
9. ike this taking each one of the forty threads and filling all the slots and holes Try to keep the ends even on the far side of the loom and don t worry too much if the main bundle seems to get a little tangled as you go Remem ber the strings and what you are about to ask of them to allow you to arrange them in a very ordered state mostly Z y Yj OY Y of NS OY D4 T 2 pN AS warp exactly to your specifications So if this is its last chaotic fling you should prob ably allow it rather than trying to control it too much now If you have extra strings peel them off or mea sure out a few more if you are short some te Rolling sore rl Once you have threaded every wn a AN slot and hole of the loom even out pS LZ F the ends spread them to about the same width as the loom and clamp them between a beam piece with a hemp twine loop and the second brace piece of the beam fig 3 Make sure all of the threads are caught firmly in between the two pieces and squeeze them together with one hand while gently pulling the warp bundle from the other side of the loom Now roll the beam a couple times so that the threads wrap around the pieces and hold them together firmly fig 4 This design configuration allows the materials to become a key structural element of the loom as you will soon be De tangling Lk g Take the loop in the center of the h
10. labor action embedded in the cloth may processes weaving entails I was continuously be celebrated in a private domestic sphere I hope the confronted with the failure of text and image to blanket I ve left for you transmits this intent in some transmit the tacit knowledge embedded body small way if you sleep under it during your stay knowledge which comes through direct experience and If you make something using the cotton or wool yarn close observation To fill these gaps a technical provided you can sew on one of the provided care solution video tutorials on line and the opportunity instruction tags and sign it as your contribution for live video chat via the provided eMac or through Thank you your own skype account on your laptop These techno Travis Joseph Meinolf Casco 2010 gt The Grand Domestic Revolution User s Manual no 2 Cottage Industry Making Accommodations Table of Contents Introduction Cover Table of Contents here Mini Laser Loom 1 Floor Loom 3 ee a O The Grand Domestic Revolution User s Manual no 2 Cottage Industry Making Accommodations 1 Rough Cloth on the Mini Las I am quite proud of the mini laser loom which I fam developed through study of weaving tools of the world in pursuit of my Master s Degree in Textiles It combines the backstrap method of maintaining tension in the warp threads fig 1 4 with the simplest tool for weaving a flat piece known
11. lat The first step towards its use is to get it out and set it up SET UP AND STORAGE pivot point locking wing nut N To assemble the loom simply place it flat on the ground make sure all of the gears are unlocked remove nails at C and E as seen below swing the frame upright and lock the brace bar using the provided wing nut Go slow and if you encounter resistance watch where the wooden pieces slide against one another Next you will need to use the clips dangling from the treadles to attach them to the loops that hang from the lams directly above them When you are finished weaving merely unclip the treadles undo the brace bar at the wingnut and reverse the process Bind at the center and lean it against the wall nicely out of the way LL H threaded for the duration of the project saving you nephytes from the most tedious part of the sending the 600 threads through the beater and the 600 heddles programming the pattern for the cloth process a dann RRMA rarp threads OO An A A CREREEEE RRP ERED A GRRE VER VR ENTENTE 7 a NAL Wat wat wat vat AN A a AU AN AN YANY HAR Anni A 7 B The loom is basically a frame for pulling the warp threads tight just like you had to pull on the mini loom to weave It should be left with a little weaving sticking out of the reed A or warp threads in bundles B and you should secure them to the dowel attached to the fr
12. ont beam by lock ing the back beam and tieing htose threads on tight Then lock the front beam so that the warp is held in tension with the knots pulled towards the front bar giving plenty of space to test your shed QPENING THE SHED Sit at the loom and step on pedals They are color coded for ease of use and demonstration See how they control the warp threads by _ pulling the harnesses G apart and makinga shed to pass the weft through as you must already be familiar with from using the mini laser loom so much gt Cottage Industry Making Accommodations Floor Loom BEGINNING TO WEAVE First you will need to make a long bundle of 10 or so yarns step on one of the white pedals and send it through the shed Step on the other pedal and use the beater to pull the bundle into place Send the thick bundle through again to make a foundation for your thinner threads Find the yarn that seems appropriate for the warp on the loom and wind some onto a bobbin using the bobbin winder provided Use the clamp mum to secure it to a table stick a bobbin onto it and turn the handle to wind on yarn Then pop the bobbin into your shuttle and pull the tail end out of the slot in the side Sit back at the loom and step on one of the white pedals again Pass the shuttle through the shed leaving a trail of thread Step on the other white pedal beat the weft with the reed and repeat As with the mini loom leave a bubbl
13. p and down like you did before but much longer You can You can use different colors to make nice vertical stripes in your piece And once you have our 600 threads instead of ythreading the whole loom you just have to tie each thread to the warp that is on the loom coming from the reed Once they are all tied nice just pull on the old _ warp from the back to get the new one through A measure out bundles of 60 though Ten times please reed and the heddles It s easier to do this in sections is Working across the loom 1 i BEAMING n With your new warp through the reed and harnesses known as the castle by some now you must roll it onto the back beam to make it available to weave Roll the back beam clock wise until you meet resistance probably a tangle in the reed and slide the nail into the gear lock Come to the front of the loom and detangle the warp by pulling against it and running your fingers through it Then return to the back beam and roll again Repeat as necessary until there is just enough yarn to tie onto the front rod and start a fresh weaving Always use a thick bundle of yarns as weft to start then wind some bobbins and get to work FINAL NOTE I want to be available to all who stay at the GDR to provide more guidance and to hear your experiences Until I can visit Utrecht again I ve at least made some informative supplementary materials available on line at my homepage actionwea
14. ver com or call me Thanks and again peace Travis Joseph Meinolf Casco 2010
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