Took this long warp (for me 11 yds is long) off my loom last March, and it has been sitting and waiting to be finished. The last couple of days I went through the length of it and needle-wove repairs for all skipped warp threads. Fascinating process! Then I zigzag sewed up the ends and threw it into the wash machine on the express cycle (hot wash/ cold rinse), and then into a hot dryer. It's amazing that this sad web of a cloth came out of the dryer resembling something like REAL cloth! Yeah!
Tomorrow, I am taking it to my dry cleaners and will pay them to give it a hard steam pressing. When I get it back, I'll measure the yardage and then cut and sew it into a blanket for my bed. It will need another wash and dry (and maybe press) before I will call it finished, but that will happened after it is a blanket.
I cannot believe this UFO is finally getting done.
That will be a very nice, warm blanket!
Anne
I am a fan of carpet warp, too. It comes in great colors and is cheap, so what's not to like?! And congratulations on morphing from a UFO to a FO! (Don't forget to post the finished blanket on the bed.)
And I don't know how long you have been weaving, but a lot of weavers NEVER even try 11 yards. Hope you give yourself a pat on the back for that, too!
