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I'vehadafewquestionslatelyabouthowtosetupaheddlerod.
WhenIwasfirstlearninghowtoweave,Isearchedforaheddletutorialhighandlowandcouldn'tfindanything!I
hadtodosomeexperimentingbeforeIunderstoodexactlywhattheywere.Seethosetwodowelsatthetopofmy
loom?Thoseareheddles...andtheywillchangeyourweavinglife.

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Beforeyoucansetupaheddlerod,youneedtwothings.Firstyouneedtocreateanumberofleashes.Theseare
piecesofstringthataretiedinaloopsothattheyallhavethesamediameter.TomakeiteasyIputtwonailsintoa
pieceofwoodandtiedofmystringtobesurethateachloomhasthesamemeasurement.Ikeepthiswoodaround
sothatIcanmakemoreleasheswheneverIneed.
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Nowcomestheparttosetupyourheddle!
1.Onyourwarpedloomattachaboutfourleashestothewarp.Usingyourfingertoholdtheminplace,slidethe
middleofaleashunderneathawarpstringandbackupsothatbothendsaretogether.Whenyoupulluponboth
endsofyourleashthewarpstringwillcomeupaswell.Besuretoskipeveryotherwarpstringasyourarelooping
theleasheson.
2.Slidetheendsoftheleashesoffofyourfingerandontoyourheddlerod.
3.Usingthesametechniquedescribedinstep1,slideyourleashes,onebyone,skippingeveryotherone,through
thenextcoupleofwarpstrings.Useyourfingertoholdtheminplace.
4.Slidetheendsoftheleashesoffofyourfingerandontothesameheddlerod.
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Continuedoingthisuntilyouhavereachedtheendofyourwarpandeveryotherwarpstringisattachedtoyour
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 Dothesamethingwithyoursecondheddle.Thistimebesuretoattachtheoppositewarpstrings(theonesthat
weren'tattachedtothelastsetofleashes).
Asyoucanseebelow,whenyouliftuponeheddle,thefirstsetofwarpstringsliftupwithit.Theyleaveagapthat
makesitsomucheasiertoslideyourneedlethrough.Likewise,whenyouliftuptheotherheddle,theoppositeset
ofwarpstringswillliftupaswell.

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Thefirstthingtoknowaboutheddlesisthattheyarecompletelyoptional.Ifyouworkonasmallloomtheymight
evenbeunnecessary.Ifyouprefertouseashedstick(thebrown,widestickatthetopofmyloombelow)thenyou
onlyneedoneheddle.YoucanseewithmyfirstframeloomthatIusedaknittingneedleasmyheddleandtaped
theleashessotheywouldn'tslideoff.
Italldependsonwhatworksbestforyou!
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highestshelf November22,2014at1:54AM

Ilovetheholdersontheendforupto4heddles!Ihavea(tome)largeframeloomthatIwanttogetseriousabout.
HowdoIsupporttheliftedheddleifIdon'thavethosebeautifulholders?Iwillstartwithoneheddleandashedstick.
Ihavearecyclecraftsclasswithagirls'club,Iwanttoweavesimplematswithplarn.

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T.Owens December11,2014at10:58AM

Whatbeautifulwork.Whatkind/brandofloomisthat?Isitneworantique?Iloveyoursetup,butit'syoureyefor
coloranddesignthatmakeseverythinglookeffortless.

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Maddie May24,2015at6:59PM

Hi!Iwaswonderingifyouhadsentoutrepliestothequestionsabove?I'dlovetoknowtheanswers!

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FarmNana June18,2015at8:23AM

Beautifullywrittenandillustratedtutorial.Thanks!

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Unknown December18,2015at11:28AM

Isthereadifferencebetweenusingaheddlerodvs.heddlebar?
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Virpukka January1,2016at10:08PM

Totheunknownaboveme.Noitdoesn'tmatterwhatyouusewhenyoudobasicweavingwhereyouwanttoliftonly
everyotheryarnupfromyourwarpwhenyouweave.Formeitlookslikethebenefitfromthiskindofsystemisthat
youhavemoreoptionswithhowyouwanttouseyourwarpwithpatternsyouweave.Itgivesyouchancetousethe
heddles more like you would use in full size weaving loom. I have the heddle bar system but I have to say that I'm
interestedfromthiswithhowmanyotheroptionsitgivestoyouwithyourweavingpatterns.

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HelloHydrangeathankyousomuchforthetutorial.I'mconfusedaboutsomethingandhopingyoucanclarify.In
C O N TA C T thepicture,itlookslikethewarpisstrungTHROUGHtheleashesratherthantheleasheswrappingaroundthewarp.
However,sinceyousaytostartwithawarpedloom,I'mthinkingthiscan'tbepossible.Areyousayingtotakeaclosed
TU TO RIA LS endedleash,wrapitaroundawarpthreadandtheninserttheheddlebarthroughthetwoendsofeachleash?Thanks
foranyclarificationandloveyourblogandyourinstagram.
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TheDesertEcho March6,2016at7:38PM

Thanksforsharing,I'dlovetostartweaving.

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DeborahMurphy March20,2016at8:28AM

Untilrecently,Iwasrunningabusinessandwhenthedustsettled,everythingwasdonebutthedebt.Soitistimeto
determineanewdirection.IknowthatIcansitandplaywithyarnsandfabricsandpaintforhugeblocksoftimeto
totallyimmersemybeingandrecallmysenseofhumour.Itcanbemorenurturingthattakingavacationespecially,if
onehasnomoney.

YesterdayIspenttheentiredaylookingattutorialsanditbroughtsomelightbackintomyworld.Thenattheveryend
oftheday,Ifoundmyselflookingattutorialsonweaving.SoIbegantocheckoutthelooms.InearlychokedwhenI
realizedthateventhesmallestonesaredearlydepartedfrommybudget...

Thank you for your explanations and your images. I could start but I would remain limited without the input of
thoughtfulpeoplelikeyou...

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SallyS May5,2016at9:59PM

ThankyouThankyouThankyou!
I'vebeentryingtofigurethisout&gettingnowhere.I'mreadytogonow,oratleaststartsettingup.

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