Ikat – Page 6: First Fold

Attaching the warp to the frameTo prevent the dowels from jumping off, use the rubber bands to tie dowels to the pins. Insert pencils (or thick cardboard) to shim the two dowels apart.

Then using the loops in the two top and the bottom sets of twining, twine together the matching sets of bouts. Make two sets of twinings. Slide the second twining down to the end

Slide the second set of twinings down to the far end of the warp.

You will repeat this for each fold. Two sets of twinings, slide second set to end.

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