Hi!
First, let me say hello! My name is Karri. I joined Weavolution a few days ago to get some advice on my first non-peg/lap loom, and tonight I'm "building" my first backstrap loom. I'm following instructions on blogs and videos posted by Laverne, and so far, so good.
My main question is, how exactly do you gracefully transfer your crossed warps to the sticks? I won't share with you the comedy of errors and really awkward positions I had to adopt just to get a warp with maybe 15-16 ends transferred without losing the crosses, or losing the whole thing to the floor. It wasn't pretty. I actually totally scrapped the first attempt, but I probably didn't need to. Once I awkwardly transferred it, the cross sticks held the cross firmly but everything else was completely entangled and criss-crossed. Now I think that I would have been fine - by the time I tied my heddle I could have had them straightened them out.
My second attempt (with a thicker yarn) is sitting on the table while I figure out the next step - attaching the loom to myself and something else.
Does anyone know of a photo series or video that shows how to transfer? Thanks! This is fun and challenging. :)