07.06

Kawashima Textile School 4: Preparing the loom

Kawashima Textile School 4: Preparing the loom loom1

My (lovely and very patient) teacher Emma Omote demonstrates

Next up is the loom. You have to get the threads onto the loom itself. This involves pulling each individual thread through something that looks like a needle eye, and then a tiny hole in a giant metal comb. Repeat x 180! There is something akin to a zen meditation about this process…

Kawashima Textile School 4: Preparing the loom loom2

Kawashima Textile School 4: Preparing the loom loom3

Kawashima Textile School 4: Preparing the loom loom5

Kawashima Textile School 4: Preparing the loom loom6

Next up: time for weaving at last!!

More posts from school here: Preparing and dyeing the thread / Preparing giant bobbins / Preparing the warp

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