A LITTLE ORDER BEFORE THE LOOM

Plan your colors.
Wind with confidence.

Turn a stripe repeat into a counted warp plan, with yarn totals for every color and a winding card to keep beside you.

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Plan your warp

Units

Project name (optional)Plan from

Width at the reed cmSett ends/cm

Use width in the reed, before draw-in and finishing. Width × sett is rounded up to a whole end. Even in exact-end mode, sett sets the reported reed width.

Total individual endsPlanned warp length per end mEnter the full length you intend to wind, including your own take-up, shrinkage, fringe, sampling and loom waste allowances. This tool does not add them.Extra yarn reserve (%)

Your yarn colors

One repeat, left to right

#Individual endsColor

Fit to the end countEdge filler color

Whole repeats are centered with the leftover ends split between the edges. An odd spare end goes on the right. The repeat itself is not mirrored. All counts mean single ends, not loop pairs.

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Your warp, in order

A / B / C / D

Check the fields to make a valid plan.

A proportional color-order sketch, read from end 1 on the left. This is not a fabric simulation, threading draft or full-size template.

The print card includes every winding range. CSV yarn lengths are in meters. Printed colors and screen colors may differ from your yarn.

FROM COLOR TO COUNTS

From repeat to warping board

Start with the warp you need

Choose width at the reed and sett, or supply an exact end count. Enter a warp length you have already planned for your loom and sample. The yarn estimate covers warp only, not weft.

Give every color a count

Use A–D as yarn labels, name your colors and enter one motif in individual ends. Add or remove blocks in order. Choose whole repeats with solid edge fillers, or fill from the left and clip the last repeat.

Keep a winding card

Review the color totals and numbered ranges, then print or save as PDF. Each end range includes both numbers. Save a project file if you want to edit this plan later; open it here without uploading it.

The math, with a reproducible example

Ends = ceiling(width at reed × sett), unless you enter an exact count. Actual reed width = ends ÷ sett. Base warp yarn for a color = its ends × planned length per end. Reserve = base yarn × (1 + reserve percentage ÷ 100). Displayed yarn is rounded up to 0.1 m or yd. Each line is rounded independently, so displayed subtotals can slightly exceed the total.

Example: 40 cm at 4 ends/cm gives 160 ends. Repeat 8 A, 4 B, 8 A, 4 C (24 ends) fits six times, with 8 A filler ends at each edge. Totals: A 112 ends, B 24, C 24. At 3 m per end: 336 m, 72 m, 72 m; 480 m base, 528 m with 10% reserve.

Counts, not cloth predictions

This tool does not estimate finished size, yarn weight, weft, take-up, shrinkage or loom waste, and does not select a sett or threading repeat for your weave structure. Use your sample and loom instructions. It does not require even counts or complete threading units; adjust your target and motif yourself if your method needs pairs or a particular repeat. Up to 2,000 ends, 24 blocks per repeat and four colors.

Plan your colors.Wind with confidence.