Kobu Weft

Kobu is linen.  To me if feels like fine jute.  The loopy yarn is a little twitchy and needs to be separated so it doesn't catch on other fibers.  Kenzo Jo stopped by my loom every hour and combed my warp.  His advice is to move any threads without tension forward and then they will eventually even themselves out.  If you add tension to the rear of the loom you will have to move your weight (clothes pin) each time the warp advances.  His advice for broken threads is to wait until you advance the warp enough  to re-thread it.  I like my idea better. I added thread, knotted it to the broken thread, and re-threaded it.  That way you have less fabric to fix at the end if you want to sew your broken thread back in the cloth.  

Here are some pictures of the linen cloth on the loom.  Many people have stopped by my loom and commented that they like the colors.

Pictured above is the finished Kobu cloth.  I am posing on the left with my mentor Kenzo Jo on the right.