Weaving Pick Up Sticks

Shuttles and pick up sticks are integral components to your weaving time and effectiveness at your loom.

Weaving pick up sticks.

If you don t find exactly what you want or would like a product recommendation please call the shop directly at 800 441 9665 or contact us for assistance. Weaving needles swords pick up sticks weaving needles swords and pick up sticks. Shuttles are the most used weaver s tool and can make or break your weaving time if you re holding the wrong one. How to use a pick up stick.

Incorporate one pick up stick and you can weave on 3 shafts. To place a pick up stick place the heddle in the down position so only the slot threads are up. This class assumes that you have the ability to warp and dress your own loom without assistance and are reasonably comfortable doing so. That s done by pushing your heddle into the down position and inserting a warp separator such as a stick paper cardboard or anything into the shed created behind the heddle so that you can see only all the slot threads.

Then you use a pick up stick to pick up only those. Then you pick up the configuration you want behind the heddle. You can do more than tabby plain weave with a rigid heddle. Knowing your shed height and yarn requirements are important but don t forget about the look and feel of the shuttle too.

You start with pick up control. I can use these same sticks whether my project is narrow or full loom width. In this case i m picking 1 down 1 up. For my 24 rigid heddle loom i use 24 pick up sticks.

Pick up sticks can be used to create simple patterns for all over texture or to create complex designs that may travel or cover only part of the weaving surface.