暑假結束 The end of summer

Last month I wove several scarfs. Some of them are "sample" scarf which are cluster of samples for teaching. The material of this one is 100% cashmere bought from China. The fabric did not change a bit after washing (fulling)! This is really strange. Is it really natural fiber?

暑假結束前把大多臂織布機上的黑經線織完，織了幾條試片圍巾。這條圍巾的材質是購自大陸的羊絨﹝開斯米爾﹞，是很昂貴的毛料；但是下機水洗後，竟然絲毫沒有縮絨的跡象！難道是化學纖維嗎？想到還有一大堆這種線，還花了很多錢，就很嘔。

The trial of paper yarn divider is woven and finished with parts from Ikea. This is the look of the bottom part.

紙線試作隔簾完成一片，掛起來有遮蔽但又透光的效果。

The paper yarn is bought from a hand weaving company many years ago. The company was specialized in weaving kimono fabric and obi. This is the close up of the fabric. It has nice crisp texture.

紙線材質是十多年前購自一家手織和服布料及腰帶的公司，織成的布有挺括的質感。

After finishing the black warp of the big dobby loom, I start to do the warping of my Jacq3G. This time is stainless steel warp. Now I have three kinds of cone rack for different type of cone. The right one is a home-made rack for metal thread cone. The center one is for hand wound spools and has horizontal setting. The left one is for half pound cone. The cone is set vertically. At the back there are ladder and a AVL warping wheel which I rarely use.

終於輪到家裡的提花機 ，這次要試不銹鋼經線。間隔整經時需要放置紗線筒的架子，陸續添加後，目前已有三種型態：右邊的線架是自己做的，特別配合金屬線筒紗常見的形狀和尺寸、中間較小的是用來放手捲的紗筒、左邊是請師傅製作的架子，專門放上窄下寬的小紗筒﹝半磅裝﹞。背後是梯子和AVL特有的整經輪。

I need to put some devices to make cross for the warp. This is the first time to use this tension box after sitting in box for four years. Because of the metal thread and the awkward of the tension box, the warping process took longer time than usual.
至於間隔整經很重要的張力盒是冰封四年後首次使用，因為沒有將經線分出八字交叉的裝置，所以加上一些替代的零件來補救。捲金屬線已經很難處理，再加上笨拙的張力盒，使得這次整經非常的緩慢。