u/Literature_Lady

I finally got an inkle loom, and I was excited to use fishing swivels to help keep the thread twists at a minimum when using a all forward Oseberg trim pattern. I hooked up two card threads per swivel, so threads AB = swivel 1 and CD = swivel 2.

The threads ended up being too twisted anyway, with the swivels becoming twisted around each other. I had to switch to a twist neutral pattern by reversing the pattern every so often.

When you use swivels on an inkle loom, does each thread need its own swivel for this to work? Did I just not untwist the warp often enough? I'm still rather new to all this. Any advice is greatly appreciated!