Hi! I wish I could remember the exact name. I don’t think they are made any more but they were very soft brushes intended for oil painting. It’s been a few years since I’ve painted and I can’t bring them to mind but when I get my paints out of storage I’ll try to remember to check!

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Yes, I wound it all at once and then added weights to even the tension as they became necessary on the white threads. For your second question, the issue with that would be that every other pick would catch that thread, because 1 and 2 are used for plain weave across the whole surface. I think you either need separate shafts for the pattern (so a 6 shaft loom if you wanted plain weave and a 4 shaft pattern section) or you’ll have to do some pick up work. I’ve done a pick up pattern like that in the band, as I would in a regular inkle band, and it is definitely possible but rather slow! I would recommend starting with a 2 shaft inkle pattern first to get a feel for the mechanics of it and thread those on 3 and 4 and then decide if a pick up pattern is your next project :) I hope that helps!

just one back beam, but weighted separately off the back

I don't check in here often but just saw this. I think there are weavers incorporating band weaving into cloth with cards/tablets and I'm sure there are others doing it with inkle weaving, but for me this was born from wanting to bring my inkle weaving into my floor loom work and experimenting until I figured it out. This is just the way I do it. I'm sure there are other ways :)

I know this question is old but in case anyone else is wondering, I think my loom is from the 70's. It's the only loom I still have and I just got it to my new home in Louisiana (from Maine). My favorite :)

I know this was from a long time ago but I'm just seeing it now. I figured I might as well answer now in case you or anyone else is still wondering! The white warp was created as its own separate entity. I warp front to back. I threaded the entire regular warp on shafts 1+2 as plain weave. First, I used 19 epi through the reed and then 1,2,1,2 through the heddles. I tied that on the back beam. Then, without winding on, I added the white warp where I wanted it to go. I also used 19 epi through the reed for this, right on top of the original warp that was already there. Then I did the pattern on shafts 3+4. I tied this on the back beam. Then I wound on. The white warp doesn't hold the same tension as the regular warp. It will loosen up as you weave. I used weights on it to keep the right tension. I hope that helps!!