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bolivian warmi

Any idea how I could get a copy of that book? checked with abe and alibris but no luck. What's a ''papelo''?

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Blue and white band with a pick-up pattern of x and checkered diamonds. First try of band weaving on a simple traditional backstrap loom. Note to self: even though the book recommends warping on chair legs if you don't have a warping board, steel pipe legs are less than ideal for the task.

On my flickr, you can see the band with the original instructions from the book.

Jan 2010: Finished! The weaving width evened out at the end, but amazingly no warp ends broke. I took the stick in the progress picture out of the string heddles and just tied the heddles in a bunch, which worked fine. The yarn was fuzzy enough to stick together, so I'm not sure if I'll warp another bandweaving project with it. Overall I'm happy with this learning experience.

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