I finished a scarf that I started at a workshop last week. The warp is 10/2 cotton. I could not get good enough light to hemstitch the beginning of the piece at the workshop and didnt hemstitch the end because I wanted both edges the same. I was told that twisting or braiding the fringe would hold the end weft picks in place.
I have been trying different twisting and braiding on the sample piece. All of them look sloppy at the edge of the woven piece. I tried twisting two groups of four, then plying and this gives a good diameter fringe, but the warp ends at the edge of the weaving look sloppy. A 2 x2 twist and ply (4 strands) is too skimpy. A three strand braid with six strands is also skimpy and also leaves something to be desired at the woven edge. A four strand braid using 8 strands (doubled strands) is a nice thickness, but the woven edge is really ugly.
So, I need to hemstitch. I have never done this off the loom. Can it be done? If so, how? I hate to have done all this work only to have sloppy edges.