Backstrap

Finally, I found a yarn that would not stick in the heddles! I tried 3/2 mercerized cotton, which I use on the inkle loom with no problems. No go! So I looked for a slick, 4-ply sportweight in the knitting yarns. Heddles are the same yarn as the warp.

I used a sheet of white paper cut to the proper width so that I could see when my selvedges were getting out of line, which they often did. My husband wasn't using his weight bench much, so I attached the loom to it. I need to sit in a chair, so it worked well.

I'm so happy that now I can try to catch up with all the wonderful projects LaVerne has shown us! I've been teaching myself inkle and have done some of the pickup patterns on it- but it is different from backstrap in many ways, so here goes....