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5th December 07, 10:24 PM
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It can be difficult to keep the selvage edge, hope I spelled that right, streight. Also it would take a bit of practice to get the feel for making your wep evenly tight. It could get horribly out of square. Having a very well built loom would help a lot. I have never worked with twill weaving, and never ever worked with a good loom, just home made rug type stuff, so hope you get someone else with a better answer.
 Originally Posted by Thunderbolt
If you don't mind a question or two..
I've though a lot about weaving myself, but I'm concerned about the quality. No one has been able to show me the differences in home-woven and mill-woven. Can anyone give some insight?
I have a sample of cloth off an old peddle loom from Scotland and it would make a solid kilt, pretty heavy and a bit rough, but it would work fine.
Also, if I was looking to make kilt-quality cloth, is it very hard? How about finding good worsted yarn? What would I expect to pay for a good loom that could make that cloth?
Sorry for all the questions. PM me if you don't want to respond here...
Thanks!
T.
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