I've just finished winding on my next warp, so I don't know yet how satisfactory the sett I calculated will be. There are other ways to calculate sett. Trapunto pointed out another one in the comments to that post, and I thought it would be helpful to blog about that one too. The formula is....
Sett = WPI x R ÷ I + R
WPI = wraps per inch
R = warp threads in one repeat
I = intersections of weft with warp in one threading repeat
This formula is found in Sharon Alderman's Mastering Weave Structures, which I don't have, but it's also in Interweave Press's The Weaver's Companion (page 36) and in Peggy Osterkamp's Winding a Warp and Using a Paddle, on page 98. The terms vary a bit in each version, but they all do the same thing.
The formula requires a little more information to get started, so I admit I haven't used it more than once, especially since I usually use charts.
Of course my curiosity is up, so I've decided to give it a try. First I need to know a few things.
My threading draft is a four block pattern with 5 warp ends per block, so there are 20 warp threads in one pattern repeat.
From the tie-up, I can see the interactions of warp and weft, and count 4 interactions per block. Multiplying this by the four blocks in the repeat gives me 16. So....WPI = 65
R = 20
I = 16
Let me plug those in and see what I come up with.
WPI x R = 65 x 20 = 1300
.I + R ..= 20 + 16 = ..36
= a sett of 36
The sett from the other method? 34
I'm officially relieved!
Next I'll thread the heddles and then on to sleying. Hopefully I'll be weaving by Monday.
Posted 1 June 2008 at http://leighsfiberjournal.blogspot.com
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3 comments:
I have just worked out with fear and tripidation my sett for a handspun shawl. I think I will try this formula to double check my results as the epi I have come up with seems ridiculously low.
I will definitely be interested in what you come up with. Please let me know!
This is the method that I go by. It is easier for me to picture in my head (literally.)
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