Steps to Warp: Sley Reed

Steps to Warping – Step 7 – Sley the Reed
Once you have removed the warp chain from the warping board it is ready to be transferred onto the lease sticks on your loom.

Sley Reed

The lease sticks are 2 long sticks that hold the warp threads in order while you are threading the loom. I usually support the lease sticks by placing 2 other long sticks at both ends of the loom, running them from the front to the back
beam.

Lease Sticks On Loom

Put the lease sticks into the two loops that are formed by the cross of the warp.

Lease Stick Close Up

It is best to centre the warp on your loom. In order to do this, measure and find the centre of your loom. On my looms, I have marked the centre of the beater bar with a permanent marker.

If your finished project is going to be 20″ wide, then measure over from the centre 1/2 of this amount i.e. 10″. This will be the starting point of your threading the reed.

Sley Reed

I usually thread starting from the left and work to the right. Using the lease sticks as the guide, select the thread on the most left hand position and pick it up with my left hand.

Holding the threading hook in my right hand, I place it behind the reed and bring the hook through the reed dent. With the hook, I then pull the thread through the dent. I then move the hook into the next dent, pick up the following yarn thread in the sequence and repeat.

FTB – 6 Steps to Warping