Crank and Yank

I was getting a LOT of requests to show the crank and yank method of beaming the warp on a rigid heddle loom so here it is.

It's a quick and dirty video. I just wanted to give folks the idea of what "crank and yank" means. I have another video showing how to do this on a floor loom, but the idea is the same on any loom. Don't over think it! It's simple! Just grap the warp in bundles and pull with a snap. That's it! :D

If you direct warp, sley the rigid heddle as usual. With the heddle in the neutral position, pull on the warps in front of the heddle. 

If you indirect warp (my favorite way of warping) have your lease sticks and/or heddle on the warps as usual and pull on the warps in front of the sticks/heddle.

If your warp separator allows for it, pull on it in the opposite direction, once in a while, to compact the warps onto the beam even more.

If you don't want to crank and yank, you can always attach weights to the ends of the warp (see my article about warping without a helper).

It's a quick and dirty video. I just wanted to give folks the idea of what "crank and yank" means. I have another video showing how to do this on a floor loom, but the idea is the same on any loom. Don't over think it! It's simple! Just grap the warp in bundles and pull with a snap. That's it! :D

Here's a timelapse video of me dressing my rigid heddle and using crank and yank to beam the warp. It took me about 45 minutes in real time. No sound on the video.

The following video is for fun only, not to demonstrate the crank and yank. Please see the first video [above] for the crank and yank demo.