This was my "warp from hell" - I can't believe how much went wrong while
making this. First, I got through about 3/4 of the warping (504 ends)
when I realized that I'd made a mistake and dropped about 8 threads
from the pattern way back at the beginning. Well, there was no way to
just added heddles and fix that, so I pulled it out and started over
almost. This was my first warp on my new-to-me countermarch loom, and
so if you saw my posts about that you know I had a lot of trouble
setting up the loom for the first time. (Varpapuu loom)
Well, I finally got the loom warped and started weaving. First I wove a
little sample to make sure the threading was right. I left some
spacers in for the fringe and started weaving. Then I realized much
too late that I'd made a mistake too far back to re-weave it, but no
matter. The warp was plenty long so I ended that section and started
over with a new piece. Ops, another mistake realized too late, so I
ended that, added spacers and started over AGAIN! And as if that
wasn't enough it happened once more! Finally, I was able to do the
piece I wanted - a 48" table runner. When that was done I just wove
off the rest of the warp with the middle part of the design and in a
couple of colors. I'll use that for some sewing project later. Good
thing I had a 5 yard warp to start with. I lost a lot in just fringes.
So, I twisted the fringes and washed all the pieces. Then while
ironing, I discovered a very subtle threading error! It's so subtle,
that I didn't see ti while weaving, I didn't see it while twisting the
fringe, I didn't see it until after the piece was washed. I ironed it
hard and now the mistake is again difficult to see! But, I know it's
there which is maddening.
I do like the pattern, however, and may actually do this again. But
next time I will remove that first sample from the loom and take a
REALLY good look at it before continuing, because that threading mistake
could only be seen from the underside.
This really was a Hell-o-weave!
Finished Length Unit
yards
Finished Width Unit
yards
Length Off Loom Unit
yards
Length on Loom Unit
yards
Notes
Number of Shafts
8
Number of Treadles
8
Project Status
Finishing
Sett Unit
epi
Width off Loom Unit
inches
Width on Loom Unit
inches
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