I can use these same sticks whether my project is narrow or full loom width.
Weaving using pick up sticks.
Then you pick up the configuration you want behind the heddle.
Up and pick up stick up and pick up stick indicates the heddle should be in the up position and then the pick up stick is slid to the back of the heddle.
How to use a pick up stick.
Then you use a pick up stick to pick up only those.
You start with pick up control.
Here s what i ve been geeking out on lately.
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.
If you are totally new to weaving with the pick up stick on the rigid heddle loom check out my latest knitty column.
The action imparted on the yarn is both the up which lifts the yarns threaded in a hole and the pick up stick which lifts the picked up slotted threads on the stick.
Your pick up sticks need to be longer than the width of your project or they won t hold the picked up threads.
For my 24 rigid heddle loom i use 24 pick up sticks.
This is called charging the pick up stick.
In first fall edition of knitty i ll address weft floats.
You can do more than tabby plain weave with a rigid heddle.
When using a.
Incorporate one pick up stick and you can weave on 3 shafts.
In this case i m picking 1 down 1 up.
This class assumes that you have the ability to warp and dress your own loom without assistance and are reasonably comfortable doing so.
To place a pick up stick place the heddle in the down position so only the slot threads are up.