Shortly after I switched over to the 140/2 weft, I started having trouble with warp threads snapping. After I had fixed the tenth one in two inches (grumbling with frustration all the while), it dawned on me that perhaps there was something wrong with my setup. Mike came in, I explained the situation to him, [...]
Me! I am exactly 1056 threads into the threading for the dress fabric, with 11″ threaded and 13″ more to go. AND I am caught up on Weavolution – which shocks and astonishes me, since I have been running like the proverbial hamster for the last week, trying to keep up. All in all, a [...]
We are now ~2 weeks from launching Weavolution, and things are REALLY busy. In addition to my day job, I’ve been spending 4-6 hours a day working on Weavolution – reviewing the site, filing/triaging bugs, addressing issues brought up by the alpha testers, coordinating with our development contractor, etcetera. LOTS of etc. I have to [...]
Well, today is Saturday, and Weavolution is supposed to go into alpha tomorrow. As you can guess, it’s been pretty busy; I’ve been up since 5am and have been working on the site more or less continuously for close to 9 hours now (since 5am, in fact) – testing the site, logging bugs, verifying closed [...]
The satins continue to be interesting. I re-sleyed at 108 epi, wove samples in 8 and 12 shaft satin with a 60/2 silk weft, and then (just for kicks) tried an 8-shaft satin with a 140/2 silk as weft. Results: the 8-shaft satin came out very nearly balanced at 108 epi, but still shinier on [...]
