I'll start by saying that although I do multi-shaft weaving full-time and a reasonable amount of rigid heddle weaving, I've never woven on an inkle loom. So perhaps it was a mistake to begin the way I did...by having my son build me an inkle loom out of PVC pipe following the directions in the Weaving Today free ebook. He had no problem following the directions to build & assemble the loom.
Then I tried to warp & weave. I admit that I found the directions difficult to follow, so it's likely I did something wrong. I'm also pretty sure I made a mistake by using 8/2 cotton for my trial instead of something thicker, and by making my string heddles out of cotton that is thicker than the warp yarn. But I don't want to re-warp or make new heddles till I figure out what else I've done wrong.
Here's a photo of my warped loom.
It seems like the photos in the directions to me. But I can't really make the shed with the unheddled warp threads on the bottom without using 2 hands. I've watched YouTube videos on inkle weaving (although all I could find are on a 'regular' inkle loom) and they all make it look relatively easy to change sheds.
Any suggestions on what looks wrong, or on what I should be doing differently, or basically how to be successful at inkle weaving?