I wanted to sample the length of my warp and check for shrinkage, draw-in and take-up for future projects. I am planning on using this as an example for my rigid heddle classes. I also wanted to check how much loom waste I had with the Harp rigid heddle loom. I was pleased that my loom waste was about 16" and not the 24" I have expected and allowed for. In the future, I will probably calculate my warp length with 18-20" for loom waste.
I used all the small pieces of 3/2 yarn sitting around from the end or almost end of a cone, the yarn cut off when winding a warp and finding a slub in spots where the yarn was joined. If I have a long piece left from cutting out the slub from the middle of a warp, I keep it and use it for tying warps or some other part of the project that requires a small piece of yarn. I used these "thrums" as weft in the table runner and love the way the weft stripes turned out.
These are really Nice! Sally
