I decided that even though I was tired and it was cold that I would go down to the studio and finish threading heddles (the 'reaching in') last night. Turned out that it wasn't very cold downstairs, so I just threw on a sweater and wool socks and was perfectly comfortable down there. Since this project is not a straight threading, and since I still haven't memorized the 64-sequence repeat, I was able to thread as long as my iPad was still charged (couldn't print it out; no toner). I got all the way through the second-to-last bout when the power went out on my iPad. Also, it was time to go upstairs and cook dinner (even though it was about 9:00), so, very uncharacteristically, I left the last 40 or so threads for tonight. Ordinarily I would not leave such a small quantity undone, but there were hungry family members upstairs!
Tonight I am off to do grocery shopping, but am planning to finish those last 40-odd threads, and at least to sley the reed. Might not have enough time to tie on and start weaving, but you never know...the sleying of the reed should only take about 20 minutes or so, since the test warp is only 6" wide.
I've decided to sley the threads 3 ends per dent in a 20-dent-per-inch reed. 60 epi should be quite firm a web once woven, even in a twill. If that proves to be too firm or otherwise problematic, I will re-sley at 4 ends per dent in a 12 reed, for a sett of 48, which I know works well with this 60/2 silk.
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