Current Band

Day 108: I'm happy to say that so far, there are no major issues with warp tension on the current band. That said, I wish I had not had to cut the warp where it was tied onto the cloth roller tape because when I knotted the threads again, the knot was rather large and cumbersome. In order to level up the band as it wrapped around the roller, I had to insert a piece of foam under the cardstock ("pool noodles" are a staple in my weaving supplies). Once levelled, the band will stack up on top of itself as it's wound onto the roller. I found that the traditional way of rolling it on a slight diagonal created an undesirable bias in the finished tape. However, stacking it directly on top of itself limits how much band can be made due to the fact that as the diameter increases, it changes the angle of the warp threads and therefore how the shed forms. This is a peculiarty of Leksand loom construction. My Glimakra band loom rollers are beneath the warp beam and cloth beam respectively (i.e., the warp travels over the beams before being wound on), and could accommodate many more yards before filling up.