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.
Weaving using pick up sticks.
Once charged you can slide the stick to the back of the loom and continue to weave plain weave.
For my 24 rigid heddle loom i use 24 pick up sticks.
When using a.
Then you pick up the configuration you want behind the heddle.
Then you use a pick up stick to pick up only those.
I give a very basic primer on how it works and discuss how to weave warp floats.
If you are totally new to weaving with the pick up stick on the rigid heddle loom check out my latest knitty column.
This is called charging the pick up stick.
To place a pick up stick place the heddle in the down position so only the slot threads are up.
In first fall edition of knitty i ll address weft floats.
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.
I can use these same sticks whether my project is narrow or full loom width.
This class assumes that you have the ability to warp and dress your own loom without assistance and are reasonably comfortable doing so.
You start with pick up control.
Your pick up sticks need to be longer than the width of your project or they won t hold the picked up threads.
How to use a pick up stick.
Incorporate one pick up stick and you can weave on 3 shafts.
Here s what i ve been geeking out on lately.
You can do more than tabby plain weave with a rigid heddle.